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Quick Info

Rating

7.3/10

Release2010

Runtime1h 27m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

Revenue$9,116,968

Production

New Zealand Film Commission

Unison Films

Whenua Films

Movie

Boy

2010

1h 27m

7.3

Drama

Comedy

Synopsis

Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.

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