River Queen

River Queen is an original story by director Vincent Ward (Vigil, The Navigator, What Dreams May Come), who wrote the screenplay with Toa Fraser (Bare, No 2). The film...

New Zealand Production

Feature 2005 Drama 114.00 minutes

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In 1860s New Zealand, a young Irish woman finds herself caught on both sides of the lines during the wars between Māori tribes and the British colonial army. With darkness all around, and desperate to find her son, she discovers that only the heart can see…

2005 Toronto International Film Festival

Golden Goblet - Music Score

Shanghai

Pusan

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Vincent Ward

Producers

Don Reynolds

Chris Auty

Screenplay Writers

Vincent Ward

Toa Fraser

Cast

Samantha Morton
Sarah O'Brien

Kiefer Sutherland
Doyle

Cliff Curtis
Wiremu

Temuera Morrison
Te Kai Po

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