The God Boy

Release Date: 1976-12-31

Overview: 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)

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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