Utu

Name: Utu
Director: Geoff Murphy
Released: 1983

1983 film by Geoff Murphy

FilmfilmQ7903467

Released: 1983
Director: Geoff Murphy
Screenwriter: Geoff Murphy
Producer: Geoff Murphy
Cast: Bruno Lawrence
, Wi Kuki Kaa
, Merata Mita
, Martyn Sanderson
+1 more
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: New Zealand

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Utu is a 1983 New Zealand war film about the New Zealand Wars. Co-written and directed by Geoff Murphy, the films stars Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Eliott, Ilona Rodgers, Wi Kuki Kaa and Merata Mita, and depicts the story of a Māori warrior who sets out on a quest for "utu". Inspired by the events of Te Kooti's War, the film is set in 1870 in the North Island and has been described as a New Zealand Western.

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Filming location: New Zealand
Film editor: Michael J. Horton
Title: Utu
Color: color
Narrative location: New Zealand
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/59062Retrieved 2023-02-03
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