# What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999)

> After his son’s gang-related death, a broken Maori father fights his own alcoholism and violent legacy to keep his surviving child from seeking revenge.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/8125

## Facts

- Runtime: 108 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Ian Mune
- Cast: Temuera Morrison, Rena Owen, Clint Eruera, Nancy Brunning, Pete Smith, Lawrence Makoare, Rawiri Paratene, Julian Arahanga
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0197094/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: bleak, mournful, intimate, serious drama night, social issue cinema viewing

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