A lay preacher's violent past is drawn into question and his faith tested as he becomes caught up in a bloody war between Maori tribes after arriving at a British settlement in the 1830s.
Release date: March 14, 2024 (New Zealand)
Director: Lee Tamahori
Story by: Michael Bennett
Based on: Wulf; by Hamish Clayton
Music by: Matteo Zingales
Production companies: MBK Productions; Mister Smith Entertainment; New Zealand Film Commission; Jump Film & Television; Brouhaha Entertainment
The Convert is a 2023 film directed by Lee Tamahori, and starring Guy Pearce and Te Kohe Tuhaka. The script is by Shane Danielsen and Tamahori, from a story by Michael Bennett, and produced by Jump Film & Television and Brouhaha Entertainment
It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2023. The film was released in New Zealand cinemas on 14 March 2024.A lay preacher, Thomas Munro, at a British settlement in New Zealand called Epworth gets caught in a bloody war between Māori tribes in the 1830s.
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