Directed by John Hillcoat • 2005 • Australia, United Kingdom
Starring Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson
Scripted and scored by Nick Cave, this brutal, starkly beautiful tale of revenge and colonial guilt transposes the mythic themes of the American western to the harsh, unforgiving landscapes of the Australian outback. Following a bloody shootout, outlaw Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) and his younger brother Mikey (Richard Wilson) are apprehended by Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone). Instead of hanging them both, Stanley (Ray Winstone) makes Charlie a deal: he and Mikey may go free if Charlie can track down and kill their older brother Arthur (Danny Huston), a notorious criminal wanted for murder. Accepting this proposition, Charlie sets out on a harrowing journey through violence that turns to horror as the thin facade of colonial “civilization” is stripped away.
Directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr • 2006 • Australia
Starring Crusoe Kurddal, Jamie Gulpilil, Richard Birrinbirrin
Australia, long, long ago . . . Dayindi (Jamie Gulpilil), a young Aboriginal warrior, covets the youngest wife of his older brother. To teach him his proper path, an elder ...
Directed by Rolf de Heer • 2013 • Australia
Starring David Gulpilil, Peter Djigirr, Luke Ford
Living in a remote Aboriginal community in the northern part of Australia, Charlie (David Gulpilil, who also cowrote the screenplay) is a warrior past his prime. As the government increases its strangle...
Directed by Molly Reynolds • 2015 • Australia
Starring David Gulpilil
The great Australian Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil tells the tale of ANOTHER COUNTRY, a story of what happened when his people’s traditional way of life was interrupted by the devastating effects of colonialism. This urgent ...
