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The Convert is a 2023 film directed by Lee Tamahori and produced by Jump Film & Television and Brouhaha Entertainment. The film first premiered at Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2023. It was later released in New Zealand cinemas on March 14, 2024. The movie is written by Shane Danielsen and Tamahori, and is inspired by a story by Michael Bennett.
The Convert star cast includes Guy Pearce, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, and Antonio Te Maioha. Guy Pearce plays the role of Thomas Munro, who is a lay preacher at a British settlement. The movie is set in the 1830s in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Thomas Munro gets stuck in a local rebel fight within the Maianui community and saves the daughter of a Maori who is the leader of one rebel group. He eventually gets closer to the Maori group and later gets to know that it is the Britishers who are benefiting by selling ammunition to both groups.
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Munro decides to leave working for the Britishers and follow the path of peace. Maori, who were already following Munro, decide to follow the path of peace after their fight with Akatarewa had ended after causing mass destruction.
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What happened during the rebel war in The Convert?
The climax of the movie comes at its end as The Convert shows the battle between the Maori and Akatarewa tribes. Maori warriors, known for their bravery, fought with Akatarewa which led to a blood bath. Maori took their revenge and then started a new phase of their lives.
The movie ends by hinting that both the Munro and the Maori have learnt from each other. The Convert shows the respect and understanding that has developed between the Munro and Maori which goes beyond their cultural disagreements. In the last scene of the movie, Munro feels closer to the Maori people than the British people.
The Convert follows Thomas Munro played by Guy Pearce who gets stuck in a war between Maori and Akatarewa groups of the Maianui tribe. Thomas Munro is a preacher at the newly found British settlement of Epworth. During this chaos, he manages to save the life of Rangimai played by Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, who is a young Maori woman and also the daughter of Chief Maianui played by Antonio Te Maioha.
After Munro saved the life of the daughter of the chief, he began to be inclined more towards Maori and slowly started to get more involved.
Munro has been caring and humble towards the Maori but in contrast, the Britishers have been outrageous towards them. This difference between the ideologies, leads to killing at the settlement. Following this, Munro decides to distance himself from the Britishers and be a part of the Maori faction.
Throughout The Convert, Munro remains calm and observes what is going on around him. He makes sketches in his notebook and refrains from forcing his beliefs on Maoris.
However, the Maori are impressed by Munro and follow what he does. Meanwhile, he gets to know that the Britishers have been using this tribal war to gain from it. They have been selling ammunition to both tribal groups, and this news comes as a disappointment to him.
He then decides to follow the path of peace and confesses his deeds from the past. However, his beliefs had not affected the Maori people as much in the beginning, as they believed in revenge. But later they eventually start to believe in peace, following Munro.
The Convert is available now, in theaters in New Zealand and Australia.
