If you loved City of Men, try Once Were Warriors
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to City of Men, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Once Were Warriors is
Romeo and Juliet without the romance. An already fractured family in Auckland, New Zealand, is pushed to the breaking point by the father's volcanic temper. The specificity of place and culture lends this domestic tragedy its power.

