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Once Were Warriors is a 1994 New Zealand tragic drama film based on New Zealand author Alan Duff's bestselling 1990 first novel. 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 , mostly brought on by the patriarch, Jake.
Mar 3, 1995 · Once Were Warriors: Directed by Lee Tamahori. With Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga. A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.
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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 ...
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, and portrays the reality of domestic violence in New Zealand.
Mar 3, 1995 · "Once Were Warriors" shows Jake and Beth in good times and bad. They flirt, they sing boozy duets, they make love. But Jake is also capable of turning in a flash into a brutal monster, and Beth wakes up one morning with her face a bloody mass of bruises.
