Crooked Earth
Crooked Earth
Release: 2001-08-23
·★ 6.2
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.
Production Countries
France
New Zealand
Production Companies
Communicado Productions
Pandora
New Zealand Film Commission
NZ on Air
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Temuera Morrison
as Will Bastion
Jaime Passier-Armstrong
as Ripeka Bastion
Ross Duncan
as Jim Ferguson
Nancy Brunning
as Marama
Sydney Jackson
as Pettigrew
George Henare
as Tipene
William Davis
as Gus
Slade Leef
as Big SOB
Mark Nua
as Iosefa
Calvin Tuteao
as Sergeant Ropiha
Arthur Ranford
as Hardware Store Owner
Lawrence Makoare
as Kahu Bastion
Patrick Wilson
as Government Minister of Forestry
