River Queen is a 2005 war drama film written and directed by Vincent Ward and starring Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison and Stephen Rea. The film garnered mixed reviews but performed well at the box office in New Zealand.

Jan 26, 2006 · With Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison. An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand.

In River Queen (2005), she took on the role of a young Irish woman finding herself on both sides of the wars between British and Maori during the British colonisation of New Zealand. [50] The film was a box office success at the New Zealand box office, grossing around NZ$1 million in …

Sarah O’Brien (Samantha Morton) has grown up among soldiers in a frontier garrison on Te Awa Nui, the Great River. Pregnant by a Maori boy, she gives birth to a son. Seven years later her son, Boy, is kidnapped by his Maori grandfather.

The theatrical trailer for Vincent Ward's period epic River Queen starring Samantha Morton and Kiefer Sutherland.

When Sarah discovers she's pregnant with the chief's son's child, the father has been called off to fight against the Europeans, and by the time her son is born, his father is dead.

River Queen on DVD November 25, 2008 starring Samantha Morton, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison, Rawiri Pene. "River Queen" depicts the story of Sarah O'Brien, an Irish immigrant to New Zealand, who becomes caught in the middle of the land.

River Queen is an original story by director Vincent Ward (Vigil, The Navigator, What Dreams May Come), who wrote the screenplay with Toa Fraser (Bare, No 2). The film stars double Academy Award-nominated Samantha Morton (In America, Sweet and Lowdown); Kiefer Sutherland (Golden Globe, SAG and Emmy Award-winning star of 24); Cliff Curtis (Whale ...

River Queen attempts to pack a complicated, sweeping, historical narrative into just under two hours. There are some breathtaking battle scenes and the Wanganui scenery is beautifully captured. However, the film did suffer from some poor leads - Samantha Morton (Sarah) especially came across as unconvincing.

Feb 11, 2008 · No doubt director Vincent Ward had higher hopes for his period drama, a 19th century saga about a young Irish woman (Samantha Morton) caught in the crossfire between warring British colonials...