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Broken English

5.9 92 mins Romance   Drama   1996
New Zealand Film Commission   NZ on Air   Communicado Productions  
Director(s): Gregor Nicholas

Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees living in Auckland during the Yugoslav wars. 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 the restaurant where Eddie cooks. For a price, she agrees to marry another restaurant employee, a Chinese man, so that he 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.

Casts of Broken English

Julian Arahanga

as Eddie

Marton Csokas

as Darko

Stephen Ure

as Ivan's mate

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