Sweet Country
A searing indictment of frontier racism as remarkable for its sonic restraint as its visual expansiveness.
Sweet Country
Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighbouring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam's relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defence. As a result, Sam becomes a wanted criminal for the murder of a white man, and is forced to flee with his wife across the deadly outback, through glorious but harsh desert country. A hunting party led by the local lawman Sergeant Fletcher is formed to track Sam down. But as the true details of the killing start to surface, the community begins to question whether justice is really being served.
Genre
Adventure,
Crime,
Drama,
Western
Runtime
113
Language
English
Director
Warwick Thornton
Cast
Bryan Brown,
Matt Day,
Tremayne Doolan,
Sam Neill,
Hamilton Morris
Awards:
Winner, Platform Prize, Toronto International Film Festival
Winner, Venice Horizons Award ~ Special Jury Prize, Venice Film Festival
Nominee, Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Guy Lodge, Variety
“We’re all equal in the eyes of the Lord,” says a benevolent rural preacher in the opening scenes of “Sweet Country” — but the Lord’s eyes are evidently cast far from Alice Springs, the ravishing but spiritually soured landscape against which Warwick Thornton’s graceful, soulful, quietly incendiary ...
Played at
Town Center 5 4.13.18 - 4.19.18
Playhouse 7 4.13.18 - 4.19.18
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