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A family in crisis, a life in chaos... Nothing is more powerful than a mother's love.

Sep 02,1994

Hollywood Movies | Drama

Ratings: 7.5 / 10 from

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Length: 99 Minute(s)
A drama about a Maori family lving in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
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nudity 10/10 A man rapes his young niece in a dimly lit room. She cries quietly and thrusting is shown. This scene lasts for about 2 minutes. It is implied that a man rapes his wife after beating her. He throws her on a bed and rips off his shirt and the scene ends. Some sexual references.
violence 10/10 All the beating scenes (especially the domestic violence scene) are very graphic and hard to watch. A heavily built man wearing a vest smashes a bottles over another mans head before attacking his 3-4 friends with punches, headbutts and a kick to one of them whilst they are down. A man wearing a check shirt delivers a series of quick left and right hooks to the heavily built man's face, before kneeing him twice in the face and throwing him to the ground. A swift kick is delivered to the bloodied unconcious man whilst grounded. A very brutal scene of domestic violence, in which a man punches his wife in the face knocking her back into a wall, she is dragged to her feet, smacked twice in the face and thrown into another wall. He strikes her twice more in the face, throws her violently onto a couch then smashes her head into a mirror. Shortly after he throws her onto the bed and rips his shirt off in a rage, implying that he forcably had intercourse with her. A young man is punched, kicked, kneed and elbowed by in a gang initiation beating. By the time the leader calls halt to the beating, the receiver of the beatings is barely concious and bruised. A teenage delinquent tries to attack an older man with a wooden staff, but is disarmed and thrown to the ground. A teenage girl commits suicide by hanging, although the actual death is off screen, the body is seen hanging. A man pins his wife aggressively against a wall and has his arm drawn back as if to hit her. He has a bottle in his hand. He smashes the bottle very near her head in a rage, and issues a death threat. A vicious beating is dealt out in a crowded bar; a man has his head smashed through a window, is punched repeatedly in the face, is struck with a metal bar stool, has his head bashed off a wooden table, is kicked in the groin and finally stabbed with a freshly broken beer bottle. By the time the beating has ended the man is severly injured and covered in blood.
profanity 10/10 Over 100 uses of fuck. Many milder words.
alcohol 7/10 People drink throughout the movie, and this often leads to violence. People smoke occasionally, and a young girl smokes marijuana with a friend.
frightening 10/10 The rape and domestic violence scenes are very realistic and intense. The suicide scene can be disturbing, especially with the mother's wailing over her daughter's body. 47/50 18+

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