Richard Chamberlain
David Burton
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Plot. The film opens with a montage of scenes of daily life in Australia in the 1970s— a rural school in the desert with children playing, the main street of an outback town, a traffic jam in the city— all being affected by unusually adverse weather conditions that suddenly appear.
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Synopsis. The film opens with a montage of scenes of daily life in Australia in the 1970s: a rural school in the desert with children playing, the main street of an outback town, a traffic jam in the city.... all being affected by unusually adverse weather conditions that suddenly appear.
The Last Wave: Directed by Peter Weir. With Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow. A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.
- (11K)
- Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Peter Weir
- 1979-01
In Sydney, business lawyer David Burton (Richard Chamberlain) is given the pro bono assignment of defending five Aboriginals accused of the murder of another tribesman.
- (17)
- Peter Weir
- PG
- Richard Chamberlain
Mar 8, 2014 · Brief Synopsis. A Sydney lawyer defends five Aborigines in a ritualized murder and in the process learns disquieting things about himself.
The Last Wave involves a Chinese box of mysteries—from the sudden death of a healthy Australian aboriginal to the conundrum of a white Australian’s dreams. The plot line follows a Sydney corporate tax lawyer, David, who takes on a legal aid case involving a group of aboriginals accused of murdering a man outside their tribe.
The Last Wave. Richard Chamberlain stars as Australian lawyer David Burton, who takes on the defense of a group of aborigines accused of killing one of their own. He suspects the victim has been killed for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association.
