Waru
Movie • 2017
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Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.
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yes, multiple characters. one of them is so drunk they drop their baby
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unclear
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Is there pedophilia?
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again creepy man
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one character falls and gets a piece of wood impaled into her leg and pulled it out
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no but the method of the murder are unclear, so up to interperation but nothing on screen
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there is a creepy man talking to a young girl
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Does a kid die?
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yes that's the main element of the film, surrounding a child's death and funeral
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The film revolves around the death of the title character. Neither the character himself nor his death are ever seen.
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women has sex on screen with a man that is not her husband
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No but beginning and end are narrated by a someone already dead
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mentioned the killer is in prison
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first episode woman has an anxiety attack
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there is yelling at a child
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Spoiler: last scene character looks directly at the camera
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there's a baby crying in a house
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sex scene but they are fully clothed
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sex scene lasting a minute or two, start to finish no fade to black
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just the scene where a character gets wood impaled and pulls it out. it's very short
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