Sweet Country (2018)
Justice itself is put on trial
Starring Hamilton Morris, Bryan Brown, Sam Neill
Directed by Warwick Thornton
It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like, Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. After an ill-tempered bully arrives in town and Kelly kills him in self-defence, he and his wife go on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Runtime: 113 min.
Rating: 6.7
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: Australia
Genres: Drama,History,Western
Keywords: rape,slavery,court case,bible,australia,based on a true story,desert,australian aborigine,1920s,abuse of power,aboriginal spoken
Cast
Sam Kelly
Sergeant Fletcher
Fred Smith
Mick Kennedy
Harry March
Judge Taylor
Archie
Lizzie
Nell
Philomac
Philomac
Lucy
Olive
Constable Minty
Constable Campbell
Barney
Ceremony Elder
Doctor Shields