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River Queen

This Kiwi movie is set during the 1860s, a time of racial conflict between the white settlers and native Maoris. An Irish woman had had a son with a Maori man. Now seven years old, the boy is kidnapped by his Maori grandfather. Mom decides to journey upriver to bring him back, at a time of growing tensions between the whites and Maoris. As she falls for her son's uncle, she finds herself on both sides in the middle of a racial war.

116 minutes, No persons under 16 (Sex, Violence)
Action, Adventure, Drama, On the art circuit.

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Credits
Cast	Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison, Anton Lesser, Rawiri Pene, Stephen Rea, Wi Kuki Kaa
Director	Vincent Ward
Screenplay	Vincent Ward, Toa Fraser, Kely Lyons
Music	Karl Jenkins
Cinematography	Alun Bollinger
Editing	Ewa J. Lind
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2005
Produced by	Silverscreen Films, The Film Consortium, Endgame Entertainment, Invicta Capital Ltd., New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand Film Production Fund, UK Film Council
SA Distributor	UIP

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Strong, subtitled, occasional
Nudity	Non-sexual and sexual, occasional
Sex	Infrequent, sexual conduct, realistic
Violence	Intense, contextual, gory and realistic
Prejudice	Mild though contextual
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Some expletives around genitalia may offend sensitive viewers and also irrelevant oaths about Jesus may be disturbing to children.
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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
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Die BurgerLaetitia Pople	10
iAfrica.comRebekah Kendal	10
24.comIvan Sadler	15
International Media
Internet (IMDB)581 Netizens	12

Average .. 52%	10

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