The Convert | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer
A lay preacher who arrives at a British settlement in 1830s. His violent past is soon drawn into question and his faith | dG1fUEk0Wjd0M0FaNUU
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:02 Only those who have been at sea truly grasp
00:06 the enormity of this world.
00:09 It is a frightening thing.
00:12 And yet we hurl ourselves into the vacant spaces
00:14 of this profound earth, knowing one day a great price
00:23 may be demanded of us.
00:29 Mr. Munro, welcome to Epworth.
00:31 Thank you.
00:33 Exactly St. Paul's, but you'll make something of it.
00:37 I shall do my best.
00:39 I've not seen you at chapel.
00:41 Nor will you.
00:43 We're surrounded by savages of the most barbaric kind.
00:46 There are reports of a warlord out there.
00:50 Would that be Akataro?
00:53 You know of him?
00:54 I haven't counted him personally.
00:56 What do you want?
00:59 I ask that you spare the lives of these people.
01:02 Choose.
01:04 I cannot make that choice.
01:06 Very well.
01:08 [GRUNTS]
01:10 [SCREAMS]
01:13 I have a young woman in my care, a young Maori woman.
01:16 What's she doing here?
01:17 She was wounded.
01:18 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:21 [SPEAKING MAORI]
01:24 [SPEAKING MAORI]
01:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:31 It's her father.
01:37 [SPEAKING MAORI]
01:53 Peace cannot be achieved through violence.
01:57 This is the path to destruction.
02:01 Who was your god when you were at war?
02:04 [SPEAKING MAORI]
02:07 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:10 This is a violent land, steeped in blood.
02:19 You have responsibilities to this community.
02:21 When will you return?
02:23 There's no such thing.
02:24 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:26 [SPEAKING MAORI]
02:27 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:31 Revenge, death go hand in hand.
02:38 You fight or you die.
02:41 We die as warriors.
02:43 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:46 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:50 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:53 [BLANK_AUDIO]