Once Were Warriors
1994
****½
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Rena Owen, Temuere Morrison, Marnaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga
An unflinchingly violent and emotionally harrowing drama about domestic violence in a Māori family. Rena Owen and Temuera Morrison are excellent as the mother and father whose relationship is brutal. Lee Tamahori hasn't made anything this powerful in his subsequent Hollywood career. Based on Alan Duff's novel.
