The Washington Post, June 6th, 1997
IN "BROKEN ENGLISH," New Zealand is still run by descendents of the original British colonizers, but they've faded into the background. In this movie, the new political dynamic is about poorer, more recent immigrants, such as Croats and Chinese, all vying for a piece of the Kiwi soil. So when Eddie (Julian Arahanga), a Maori cook at a Chinese restaurant, falls in love with a waitress named Nina (Aleksandra Vujcic), who's of Croatian background, he starts a running battle that has more to do with Bosnia than Queen Victoria's faded empire. Nina and her extended family have escaped the horrors of...
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