Geoff Murphy’s original classic Utu. Enhanced and restored for cinema release 30 years after its original NZ box office success.

“Geoff Murphy’s 1983 Utu is unveiled afresh in its ravishing, pictorial splendour. Here it is, our own turbulent history transcribed with cinematic élan — and an elegiac, absurdist vision of the devil’s mischief in paradise.” — Bill Gosden, NZ International Film Festival

New Zealand in the 1870′s. Te Wheke, a scout for the colonial troops, finds his tribe massacred by the army he is working for. Anguished and betrayed, he vows to exact retribution — utu — on the Pakeha.

Starring: Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Wi Kuki Kaa, Kelly Johnson, Tim Elliot, Tania Bristowe, Ilona Rodgers, Martyn Sanderson.

Directed by Geoff Murphy. Producers: Redux Graeme Cowley, Utu Don Blakeney, David Carson-Parker, Kerry Robins. Editor Michael Horton. Photography Graeme Cowley. Production Designer Ron Highfield. Music John Charles. Screenplay Geoff Murphy & Keith Aberdein.

Duration: 109 minutes
Rating: PG