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Crooked Earth

2001 · Drama

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

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Cast

• Temuera Morrison as Will Bastion
• Jaime Passier-Armstrong as Ripeka Bastion
• Lawrence Makoare as Kahu Bastion
• Quinton Hita as Api
• Nancy Brunning as Marama
• Mark Nua as Iosefa
• Sydney Jackson as Pettigrew
• George Henare as Tipene
• Calvin Tuteao as Sergeant Ropiha
• Stan Wolfgramm as Timo
• Sela Apera as Huiarangi
• William Davis as Gus

Details

Director

Sam Pillsbury

Released

August 23, 2001

Genres

Drama

Studio

Communicado Productions, Pandora and New Zealand Film Commission

Status

Released

TMDB score

7.5 / 10 from 3 votes