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6.9
/10
59 Ratings

UTU

Directed by Geoff Murphy
New Zealand, 1983
Drama, Western, War
  • 104104 minutes

Synopsis

In New Zealand in 1870 Māori leader Te Wheke is fed up by brutal land grabs and leads a bloody rebellion against the colonial Government, provoking threatened frontiersmen, disgruntled natives, lusty wahine, bible-bashing priests, and kupapa alike to consider the nature of ‘utu’ (retribution).

Synopsis

In New Zealand in 1870 Māori leader Te Wheke is fed up by brutal land grabs and leads a bloody rebellion against the colonial Government, provoking threatened frontiersmen, disgruntled natives, lusty wahine, bible-bashing priests, and kupapa alike to consider the nature of ‘utu’ (retribution).