Taglines: Sometimes when you make love you make war.
Broken English movie storyline. Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees in Auckland. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her own, despite his angry objections. Eddie is the Maori she takes as her lover. Nina works at a restaurant where Eddie cooks. For a price, she agrees to marry a Chinese, another restaurant employee, so that he (and his Chinese wife) can establish permanent residency. The money gives her the independence she needs to leave her parents’ house and move in with Eddie. Complications arise when Eddie realizes the depth of her father’s fury and the strength of Nina’s family ties.
Broken English is a 1996 New Zealand romantic drama film. Directed by Gregor Nicholas, it stars Aleksandra Vujčić, Julian Arahanga, Marton Csokas, and Rade Šerbedžija.
Broken English (1997)
Directed by: Gregor Nicholas
Starring: Aleksandra Vujcic, Julian Arahanga, Rade Serbedzija, Marton Csokas, Madeline McNamara, Elizabeth Mavric, Michael Langley, Morena Tutuguro, Barbara Cartwright
Screenplay by: Gregor Nicholas, Johanna Pigott
Production Design by: Michael Kane
Cinematography by: John Toon
Film Editing by: David Coulson
Costume Design by: Glenis Foster
Art Direction by: Clive Memmott
Music by: Murray Grindlay, Murray McNabb
MPAA Rating: NC-17 for explicit sexuality.
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: May 2, 1997
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