The last warrior
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The last warrior |
| Original title | Once were warriors |
| Country of production | New Zealand |
| original language | English , Māori |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lee Tamahori |
| script | Riwia Brown |
| production | Robin Scholes |
| music |
Murray Grindlay , Murray McNabb |
| camera | Stuart Dryburgh |
| cut | Michael Horton |
| occupation | |
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Once Were Warriors (Once were Warriors) is a New Zealand film directed by Lee Tamahori from the year 1994 . The film is based on a novel, the first work by Alan Duff , which was highly successful in 1991 .
The film received the OCIC Prize in Montreal in 1994. However, some Māori feared that this film could lead to an image that makes the Māori man appear generally violent.
In 1999, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? rotated the sequel.
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The film is about the Māori family Heke in a city of what is now New Zealand and about domestic violence. The father of the family is violent, the family feels marginalized in New Zealand society. The film makes certain references to the warlike past of the Māori people.
criticism
Lexicon of the international film : “A startlingly realistic, grippingly staged and, above all, convincingly played family tragedy in the female lead. The film also looks for the causes of the catastrophe in the social conditions and criticizes the displacement of the local culture by the (bad) customs of the whites. "
Awards
The film received a total of 19 first prizes worldwide, for example at the Film Festival in Montreal , the Venice Film Festival and the International Film Festival Rotterdam .
literature
- KM Thompson: Once Were Warriors: New Zealand's first indigenous blockbuster . In J. Stringer (Ed.): Movie Blockbusters . Routledge, London 2003, pp. 230-241.
Web links
- Once Were Warriors in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Once Were Warriors at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Last Warrior . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2008 (PDF; test number: 72 583 DVD).
- ↑ a b The Last Warrior in the Lexicon of International Films