Utu

Utu (1983)

En Nueva Zelanda, hacia 1860, el pueblo nativo Maorí combatió a los británicos colonialistas para intentar conservar sus tierras amenazadas. Un guerrero, Te Wheke, combatirá por los británicos hasta que es traicionado, buscando entonces "utu", venganza.

Fecha de estreno
1983-01-31
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (33)
Duración
1 h 58 min
Géneros
Bélica, Aventura, Drama, Historia
Director
Geoff Murphy

Reparto

Curiosidades

  • Rodada en: Nueva Zelanda

Utu is a 1983 New Zealand war film about the New Zealand Wars. Co-written and directed by Geoff Murphy, the films stars Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Eliott, Ilona Rodgers, Wi Kuki Kaa and Merata Mita, and depicts the story of a Māori warrior who sets out on a quest for "utu". Inspired by the events of Te Kooti's War, the film is set in 1870 in the North Island and has been described as a New Zealand Western.

Production

Utu was one of the largest film productions to have taken place in New Zealand until that point. Its grand scale warranted the use of a large second unit, which again was rare in the context of a young New Zealand cinema industry. Wallace prior to being cast as Te Wheke had some experience acting on television.

Murphy was interested in authenticity, trying to keep it as period-accurate as possible. To accomplish this many of the extras were local Maori and in order for Te Wheke's moko to look realistic, Anzac Wallace would spend 4 hours having it applied each day of shooting.

In a likely New Zealand record, the film amassed a thousand-strong army comprising c.900, mainly school children extras, dressed with masking tape, rolled sacks, cardboard boxes and hats.

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