The God Boy is a portrait of a troubled teen Jimmy (Jamie Higgins) growing up in post-war small town New Zealand and wrestling with a repressive education and home front turmoil. Adapted from the Ian Cross novel by Ian Mune and directed by Murray Reece, the landmark film was the first NZ telefeature, gaining Feltex awards and front page reviews. With menace and Catholic guilt ever-present, it’s credited as a pioneer of what Sam Neill dubbed NZ’s “cinema of unease”. (NZ On Screen)
Top Cast
Ivan Beavis as Bloody Jack
Maria Craig as Mrs Sullivan
Judie Douglass as Sister Angela
Jamie Higgins as Jimmy Sullivan
Bernard Kearns as Father Gilligan
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