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Sweet Country is a 2017 Australian drama film, directed by Warwick Thornton. Set in 1929 in the sparsely populated outback of the Northern Territory and based on a series of true events, it tells a harsh story against the backdrop of a divided society (between the British settlers and Aboriginal Australians ) in the interwar period in Australia.
Apr 6, 2018 · A 1920s crime drama about an Aboriginal farmhand who kills a white man in self-defense and flees the law. Based on a true story, the film explores the themes of justice, racism and violence in the outback.
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- Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Warwick Thornton
- 2018-04-06
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Dec 3, 2018 · Sweet Country review – brutal Australian western soars with Biblical starkness. The latest film from Warwick Thornton possesses both shocking cruelty and haunting beauty with its tragic tale of...
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A 1920s-set drama of white settlers and indigenous Australians in a remote and violent region, directed by Warwick Thornton and starring Sam Neill, Hamilton Morris and Bryan Brown. The film explores themes of racism, justice, history and the Australian Outback with stunning visuals and a haunting soundtrack.
A western film set in 1929 Australia, where an Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and flees with his pregnant wife. A posse pursues them across the outback, while the white man's family and the law seek revenge.
Sep 7, 2017 · A film review of Warwick Thornton's 2017 film Sweet Country, a majestic and incendiary Outback western that explores the racial tension and violence in 1929 Australia. The film follows the hunt for a black man who killed a white settler and the confrontation between a black preacher and a white station master.
Sweet Country is a 2018 Australian western drama directed by Warwick Thornton, set in the 1920s outback. The film explores themes of racism, violence, and justice, and features indigenous actors and landscapes.
