The Convert
A fight for peace. A heart at war.
Country
Production
Budget
$0
Revenue
$692 018
Director
Actors
Guy Pearce, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Antonio Te Maioha, Jacqueline McKenzie, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Lawrence Makoare, Dean O'Gorman, Jared Turner, Kelly Vivian, Jack Barry
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Robin Scholes, Andrew Mason, Troy Lum, Te Kohe Tuhaka, David Garrett, Anne Sheehan, Maria Logan, David Mepham
Operator
Gin Loane
Composer
Matteo Zingales
Artist
Guy Moana, Nick Williams
Audition
Yvette Reid
Editing
Luke Haigh
All team (27)
All team (27)
Short description
A lay preacher arrives at a British settlement in 1830s New Zealand. His violent past is soon drawn into question, and his faith put to the test, as he finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes.
What's left behind the scenes
- Director and screenwriter Lee Tamahori stated in an interview that films rarely show realistic fights (with the 2020 series 'Dead Lands' being an exception in his opinion). Tamahori emphasized the importance of authenticity in action scenes and stated that he enlisted the services of genuine Maori hand-to-hand combat experts using fighting sticks and a weapon called a taiaha (a traditional Maori close combat weapon made of wood and whalebone). Tamahori refused to draw parallels between his films and the 'Bond' films, where such scenes are shown in slow motion and processed during post-production. He always strives to show the ruthless and fleeting nature of hand-to-hand combat as it actually is, without embellishment.
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
