A 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.
Casts Julian Dennison, Minnie Driver, Rhys Darby, James Rolleston, Erana James, Ihaka Kelly, Mabelle Dennison, Jada Fa’atui, Aleni Tufuga, Craig Hall
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Celebration
Collisions
La Haine
August Fools
In the Fade
Goodbye Bafana
Baal
The Great MacArthy
Marvin & Tige
Crash
A Time to Kill
Mississippi Burning
Salvador (Puig Antich)
Ask the Dust
The Passion of Slow Fire
Chrome Soldiers
Catch a Fire
Princesses
Lars Is LOL
Bridge to Terabithia
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Celebration
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1998
The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a devastating secret that turns the night into a battle of truth and denial.Collisions
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2019
The possibly devastating impact of the Trump administration crackdown on immigration, for one Bay Area family.La Haine
IMDB 8.1 | May , 1995
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.August Fools
IMDB 5.1 | Oct , 2013
An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and Elsa's old lover comes to town to perform at a "peace and friendship festival", her well-organised life is jolted out of balance.In the Fade
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 2017
Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.Goodbye Bafana
IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 2007
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.Baal
IMDB 5.6 | Jan , 1970
An exploration of the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.The Great MacArthy
IMDB 4.2 | Aug , 1975
Macarthy is a country town football champ who is kidnapped in a neon lit helicopter by tyrant Colonel Ball-Miller, the tycoon president of the South Melbourne football club.Marvin & Tige
IMDB 4.9 | Mar , 1985
Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he discovers who Tige's father is a rich suburbanite who doesn't even know Tige exists. Should Marvin, and can he, give up the boy he loves, and who loves him, in favor of a stranger with the right genes and bank balance?Crash
IMDB 7.2 | May , 2005
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.A Time to Kill
IMDB 7.4 | Jul , 1996
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.Mississippi Burning
IMDB 7.7 | Dec , 1988
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.Salvador (Puig Antich)
IMDB 6.8 | May , 2006
The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.Ask the Dust
IMDB 5.4 | Feb , 2006
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.The Passion of Slow Fire
IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 1961
Stéphane Blanchon lives a quiet life in Switzerland with his wife, Christine, until a young American boarder named Belle, who was living with them, is found murdered. Despite Stéphane's innocence, the evidence points to him, and he learns that Belle harbored romantic feelings for him. Suspicions mount against him; even Christine thinks he is the culprit. Stéphane's sanity begins to crumble, and he lashes out in unprecedented ways.Chrome Soldiers
IMDB 3.8 | May , 1992
Five ex-soldiers go to a small town in Oregon to help a friend investigate the murder of his brother.Catch a Fire
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 2006
The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.Princesses
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2005
Caye is a young prostitute whose family is unaware of her profession. She meets her striking Dominican neighbour Zulema, an illegal immigrant, after she finds her in the bathroom, badly beaten up. They strike up a close friendship unbeknownst to Caye's xenophobic co-workers.Lars Is LOL
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2023
Amanda is reluctantly tasked with taking care of her new classmate, Lars, who has Down syndrome. To her surprise, Amanda and Lars develop a unique friendship. But in her struggle to fit in, Amanda ends up betraying Lars. Can Amanda find the courage to stand out and be true to herself?Bridge to Terabithia
IMDB 7.3 | Feb , 2007
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.