Broken English
“Sometimes when you make love you make war.”
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.
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Gregor Nicholas Director · James Salter Writer Johanna Pigott Writer
Worldwide gross $541K · United States release May 2, 1997 · Produced in New Zealand
Box office
Worldwide gross
$541,377
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
Production
NZ on Air
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Communicado Productions
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Sony Pictures Classics
Studio · Production
New Zealand
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese · Māori · Serbo-Croatian
Release dates
Canada · September 9, 1996
Theatrical
United States · May 2, 1997
Theatrical
Spain
July 31, 1997 · Theatrical
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