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The Fringe Dwellers is a 1986 film directed by Bruce Beresford, based on the 1961 novel The Fringe Dwellers by Western Australian author Nene Gare. The film is about a young Aboriginal girl who dreams of life beyond the family camp that sits on the fringe of white society (the term fringe dwellers having specific application in Australia).
The Fringe Dwellers: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Kristina Nehm, Justine Saunders, Bob Maza, Kylie Belling. Story of an aboriginal family who tries to move out of the fringe into the main white community.
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- Drama
- Bruce Beresford
- 1986-10
Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. There always seem to be too many people in Trilby's home. She is a teenage girl who lives in an aborigine shantytown in Australia and who sometimes goes downtown to peer into the window of the travel agency and dream of Paris, London and New York.
Trilby (Kristina Nehm) is a young Aboriginal woman living with her people on the outskirts of everyday Australian society. When her mother (Justine Saunders) suggests that the family pack up and...
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- Bruce Beresford
- PG
- Kristina Nehm
Rhoisin Beresford. Screenplay. The story of an Aboriginal family's attempts to forge a new life for themselves within the segregated society. At the urging of headstrong teenager Trilby, the Comeaways relocate from their family camp, to a house in the main town.
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Directed by Bruce Beresford. The story of an Aboriginal family’s attempts to forge a new life for themselves within the segregated society. At the urging of headstrong teenager Trilby, the Comeaways relocate from their family camp, to a house in the main town. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.