action-thriller set for Toronto Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival’s longstanding love affair with Kiwi movies has continued with this morning’s (Thursday) announcement that Muru has been selected for the Contemporary World Cinema Section.
Tearepa Kahi’s action-thriller, inspired by the real-life 2007 raid by New Zealand Government’s elite Special Tactics Group on a remote Māori township in Te Urewera in the Hawke’s Bay, focuses in on Cliff Curtis’ Tūhoe Police Sergeant “Taffy” Tawharau, as he finds himself caught between loyalty to his whānau and dedication to his badge.
Also starring Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett, Simone Kessell, Troy Kingi and Tame Iti, Muru recently had its World Premiere as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival and is scheduled to hit cinemas nationwide from September 1.
It will make its bow in Toronto just 10 days later, with Australia-New Zealand co-production We Are Still Here and the lower North Island-shot horror Pearl (a prequel to Ti West’s X) also featuring in the 11-day cinematic celebration’s line-up.
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