The God Boy

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)

Cast

Ivan Beavis

Bloody Jack

Maria Craig

Mrs Sullivan

Judie Douglass

Sister Angela

Jamie Higgins

Jimmy Sullivan

Bernard Kearns

Father Gilligan

Harold Kissin

Mr Walters