Once Were Warriors
R · 1994 ‧ Crime/Drama ‧ 1h 43m
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An unemployed Maori living in the Auckland slums, Jake Heke (Temuera Morrison) has a terrible temper that he takes out on family and strangers alike. His wife, Beth (Rena Owen), takes regular beatings after he's been at the pub, and his kids do...
Release date: May 3, 1995 (USA)
Director: Lee Tamahori
Story by: Alan Duff
Distributed by: Fine Line Features
Adapted from: Once Were Warriors
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The film tells the story of the Heke family, an urban Māori whānau living in South Auckland, and their problems with poverty, alcoholism, and domestic violence, ...
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A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.A family descended from Maori ...
Once Were Warriors is New Zealand author Alan Duff's bestselling first novel, published in 1990. It tells the story of an urban Māori family, the Hekes, ...
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Description. An urban Maori family deals with great difficulties in adjusting to normalcy in urban New Zealand.
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