Movie Details
Original Language:English
Cast & Crew
M
Murray Reece
Director
S
Simon Reece
Editor
D
Dick Reade
Sound
R
Ron Highfield
Production Design
I
Ian Cross
Novel
The God Boy
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)
