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We Were Dangerous (2024)

Aug 22, 2024 Drama 1h 22m
74%
User Score
6.3/10
97%

Overview

Nellie, Daisy and Lou attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island in 1954. The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their friendship but this is challenged when the school's matron divides them.

Maddie Dai
Screenplay
Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
Director

Top Billed Cast

Erana James
Erana James

Nellie
Nathalie Morris
Nathalie Morris

Lou
Manaia Hall
Manaia Hall

Daisy
Rima Te Wiata
Rima Te Wiata

The Matron
Aaron Jackson
Aaron Jackson

Ship Captain
Molly Jarvis-Taylor
Molly Jarvis-Taylor

Nora
Tōmairangi Paterson-Waaka
Tōmairangi Paterson-Waaka

Polly
Kylana Peauafi Symonds
Kylana Peauafi Symonds

Anahera
Isayah Snow
Isayah Snow

Peggy

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Media

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A review by Brent Marchant
Written on June 25, 2025

No matter what anyone might suggest to the contrary, generally speaking, girls will be girls, especially during those often-turbulent, rebellious adolescent years. What’s more, attempts at implementing “correction” are frequently frustrating and unsuccessful for those undertaking such efforts, an outcome that was usually just as true in the past as it is today. Such was the case in 1954 New Zealand, where a dozen social and sexual “deviants” were confined at the government-sponsored Te Motu School for Incorrigible and Delinquent Girls. The facility, located on a remote island that was once a leper colony and home to assorted misfits and undesirables, was established out of the alleged genuine concern of the state to help rehabilitate the behavior of young women gone astray with t...

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