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SAVAGE

By Sam KELLY

Crime - Completed 2019

Inspired by the stories of the men who formed New Zealand's early street gangs, SAVAGE follows Danny at three defining moments that push and pull him between his blood family and gang family, as he grows from a boy into a violent gang enforcer.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan - BIFF/APM 2019

Flash Forward

BFI London FF 2019

Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2019

Shanghai 2020

- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Countries
- NEW ZEALAND
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 100 mn
- Director(s)
- Sam KELLY
- Writer(s)
- Sam KELLY
- Cast
- Jake RYAN, John TUI, Chelsie PRESTON-CRAYFORD
- Synopsis
- Inspired by the stories and history of New Zealand’s violent street gangs, Savage portrays Danny at three different ages and important junctures that push and pull him towards and away from gang life.
  
  Each chapter of Danny’s life is a complete short story set in a defining time for NZ street gangs: from the abusive state-run boy’s homes of the sixties; to the emerging urban gang scene in the seventies where disenfranchised teenagers created their own families on the streets; to the eighties when gangs became more structured, criminal, and violent.
  
  Together the three chapters combine to create a deeper look at a boy who grows up to become the brutal enforcer of a gang; to understand how he got there.
  
  Savage is about Danny’s search for belonging and connection, and explores the notion of family. Danny is torn between his real family and his gang family, and must choose where he belongs.

SAVAGE

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