The Dark Horse

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The Dark Horse is a critically acclaimed 2014 New Zealand drama film about a troubled former chess prodigy who finds purpose mentoring underprivileged youth.

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The Dark Horse canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
basedOn life of Genesis Potini ⓘ
character Genesis Potini ⓘ
cinematographyBy Denson Baker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin New Zealand ⓘ
countryOfRelease New Zealand ⓘ
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
depicts Māori community ⓘ
bipolar disorder ⓘ
director James Napier Robertson ⓘ
distributor Transmission Films ⓘ
editedBy Bryan Shaw ⓘ
filmFestivalScreening New Zealand International Film Festival 2014 ⓘ
Toronto International Film Festival 2014 ⓘ
filmingLocation Auckland ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama ⓘ
sports drama film ⓘ
hasAward Audience Award for Best Film at 2014 San Francisco International Film Festival ⓘ
Best Actor award for Cliff Curtis at 2014 New Zealand Film Awards ⓘ
Best Film at 2014 New Zealand Film Awards ⓘ
Best Supporting Actor award for James Rolleston at 2014 New Zealand Film Awards ⓘ
leadActor Cliff Curtis ⓘ
mainSubject chess ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
mentoring underprivileged youth ⓘ
MPAARating R ⓘ
musicBy Dana Lund ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Genesis Potini ⓘ
producer Tom Hern ⓘ
productionCompany Four Knights Film ⓘ
releaseYear 2014 ⓘ
RottenTomatoesRating over 90 percent ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 124 ⓘ
screenwriter James Napier Robertson ⓘ
settingCountry New Zealand ⓘ
settingLocation Gisborne ⓘ
starring Cliff Curtis ⓘ
James Rolleston ⓘ
Kirk Torrance ⓘ
Miriama McDowell ⓘ
Wayne Hapi ⓘ
theme community empowerment ⓘ
overcoming adversity ⓘ
redemption ⓘ

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Rachel House → notableWork → The Dark Horse ⓘ
Rachel House → filmAppearance → The Dark Horse ⓘ
Cliff Curtis → notableWork → The Dark Horse ⓘ
Cliff Curtis → awardReceivedFor → The Dark Horse ⓘ
Absaroka County, Wyoming → appearsIn → The Dark Horse ⓘ