Once Were Warriors
Movie • 1994 • Drama
ReportA drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
This movie contains 39 potentially triggering events.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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A major element is Jake being physically abusive towards his family due to being a problem drinker.
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The father, Jake, is physically abusive toward his family. A teenage girl also gets raped by a family friend/honorary uncle.
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Is there a dead animal?
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lecockege
a bunch of dead fish around 1:50
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maynadnad
SPOILERS : main character is raped (on screen) as does her mother (off screen)
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the mom
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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fraisierdesbois
Spoiler: at the end of the movie the protagonist castrates one of his friends with a broken bottle
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Is there a hanging?
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A teenage girl dies by self-inflicted hanging after experiencing sexual, physical, and verbal abuse.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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We don't see her asphyxiate on screen, but we know she has to have
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Does someone break a bone?
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fraisierdesbois
Literally no one breaks a bone. Why people are voting "yes"?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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The scene is telegraphed and is easy to look away from. There are kicks to genitals interspersed with the fight scene. A broken bottle is presumed to strike the genitals, but is off screen.
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Is someone tortured?
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maynadnad
To an extent, SPOILERS : main characters sibling gets heavily beaten up for an initiation ritual into a gang
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Book
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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fraisierdesbois
There's a bath scene, where one of the characters is cleaning her arm
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Does someone spit?
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fraisierdesbois
One of the characters spits blood on her husband's face after being assaulted by him. The people voting "no" really paid attention to the film?
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Is there audio gore?
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fraisierdesbois
The main character beats up a lot of characters, including his wife. Screams are heard, and the sound of the hits.
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Mental Health
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A teenage girl gets raped by an older adult and shows signs of trauma afterward, such as being touch averse, desperately trying to clean herself and her belongings, lashing out, and self-isolating. She eventually dies by self-inflicted hanging.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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there's nobody mentally ill in the show
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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fraisierdesbois
Loud eating, breaking glass, hitting sounds, sirens
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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Briefly in one scene
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Are there n-words?
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fraisierdesbois
No, but there's a racist scene where one character mentions other character's skin color
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maynadnad
SPOILERS : The main character (child maybe 13) gets raped by uncle/fathers friend
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fraisierdesbois
Spoiler: One of the protagonist's friends, "Uncle Billy", rapes the protagonist's daughter. He is not actually related to the family, so it's not incest.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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NO are you insane. The family runs away from their abusive father, is everyone on this site okay
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