The Dark Horse

The Dark Horse (2014)

Bravery is contagious

One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.

Date of release
2014-07-17
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (150)
Runtime
2h 4m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
James Napier Robertson

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $1.9M
  • Budget: $2.1M
  • Earned 0.9× its budget
  • Filmed in: New Zealand
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: IFFR audience award

The Dark Horse is a 2014 New Zealand drama film written and directed by James Napier Robertson and starring Cliff Curtis and James Rolleston. It won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Score at the 2014 New Zealand Film Awards, Best Film at the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), 2015 San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) and 2015 Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR), was New York Times Critics' Pick and Time Magazine Critics' Pick, and was labeled by leading New Zealand critics as "One of the greatest New Zealand films ever made".

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