Taika Waititi wrote and directed this as well as playing a main role. His films are gritty and real as well as fantastical and humorous.
It takes place in a rural town in 1984 NZ. The main character 'Boy' is the lead 11 year old character who is left in charge of his younger brother and several other young children while his grandmother goes to a funeral. Boy's dad shows up back from prison looking for the money he buried…