Tioreori Ngatai-Melbourne

Nov 11, 2024 | itsjustmovies.com | William Sterr |Lee Tamahori |Tioreori Ngatai-Melbourne

— by WILLIAM STERR —A beautiful fable for our time. The story of “The Convert” is set in 1830 in Aotearoa, the islands which would become New Zealand. British lay minister Thomas Munro (Guy Pearce) is concluding his travel to the English settlement of Epworth, where he has been hired to serve the community’s spiritual needs. Nearing the end of the voyage, the ship is damaged in a storm and puts in at an anchorage to get timber for a new mast.