Berlinale 2016: Lee Tamahori's 'The Patriarch' is All Kinds of Wonderful

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I still can’t believe I’m saying this. Lee Tamahori, director of Die Another Day (one of my least favorite Bond movies) and other junk like xXx: State of the Union, has actually made a rather wonderful film. I’ll admit – I kinda loved it. Maybe because I really had no idea what to expect. The Patriarch, also known as Mahana, is a film about the Mahana family in New Zealand. It’s set during the 1960s and focuses on one boy in the family named Simeon, played by Akuhata Keefe who is the only one, out of about 20 members, to ever challenge and speak out against the patriarch of the family, played by Temuera Morrison. It’s an uplifting story about how things can change over generations, and it’s just as fun to watch as it is inspiring. ›››

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