Crooked Earth
20017.5
Drama
- Genre
- Drama
- Origin
- France
About
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.
Where to watch
Details
- Director
- Sam Pillsbury
- Writing
- Waihoroi Shortland, Greg McGee, Gavin Strawhan
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Aug 23, 2001
- Studio
- Communicado Productions, Pandora
Cast
Temuera Morrison
Will Bastion
Jaime Passier-Armstrong
Ripeka Bastion
Lawrence Makoare
Kahu Bastion
Quinton Hita
Api
Nancy Brunning
Marama
Mark Nua
Iosefa
Sydney Jackson
Pettigrew
George Henare
Tipene
Calvin Tuteao
Sergeant Ropiha
Stan Wolfgramm
Timo
Sela Apera
Huiarangi
William Davis
Gus
Eliza Bidois
Grace
Mabel Wharekawa-Burt
Aunty Margaret
Patrick Wilson
Government Minister of Forestry
Ross Duncan
Jim Ferguson
Anaru Grant
Army Major
Arthur Ranford
Hardware Store Owner
Jason Nathan
Puru
Lionel Waaka
Hako
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