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What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999)

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? poster
Directed by
Ian Mune
Genre
drama film
Country
New Zealand
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 64 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A sequel to Once Were Warriors that follows a man trying to change his violent ways while facing the aftermath of his past. It takes place in a struggling Māori community in New Zealand. Jake Heke confronts his old demons and the damage he caused to his family.

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What happens

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? is a 1999 New Zealand drama film directed by Ian Mune and starring Temuera Morrison based on Alan Duff's novel What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1996), the sequel to Once Were Warriors (1990), which was made into the film Once Were Warriors (1994). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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