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Plot. Beth leaves her small Māori village and, much to her parents' chagrin, marries Jake "The Muss" Heke. After eighteen years, they live in an unkempt state house in South Auckland and have five children. Their interpretations of life and being Māori are tested.
Summaries. A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts. Set in urban Auckland (New Zealand) this movie tells the story of the Heke family. Jake Heke is a violent man who beats his wife frequently when drunk, and yet obviously loves both her and his family.
It tells the story of an urban Māori family, the Hekes, and portrays the reality of domestic violence in New Zealand. It was the basis of a 1994 film of the same title, directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Rena Owen and Temuera Morrison, which made its U.S. premiere at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
- Alan Duff
- 1990
Sep 6, 2019 · Summary: Jake is an alpha male in a man’s world who engages in domestic violence as easily as he does a pub brawl. By reconnecting with her Maori roots his wife, Beth, finds the strength to break out from the cycle of violence and take her children away from Jake, but not before their teenage.
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.
- (37K)
- Crime, Drama
- Lee Tamahori
- 1995-03-03
Mar 3, 1995 · Once Were Warriors. Roger Ebert March 03, 1995. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Jake Heke is a man with a hair-trigger temper, and its unpredictability is the most frightening thing about him.
Plot Summary. From her kitchen window, Beth Heke struggles to reconcile the dichotomy between the squalor, violence, and struggles of her fellow Māori in their state-housed neighborhood, Pine Block, and the rich estate of the Trambert family.
