Sweet Country (2017)
Genre: Western
Duration: 110 minuten
Country:
Australia
Directed by: Warwick Thornton
Stars: Sam Neill, Bryan Brown and Thomas M. Wright
IMDb score:
6,9 (9.994)
Releasedate: 25 January 2018
Sweet Country plot
"Justice itself is put on trial"
Sweet Country is set in 1929 in the suburb of the Northern Territory. Sam is a middle-aged aborigine who works for a kind pastor, Fred Smith. Harry Marsh returns from the Western Front and is appointed as the new station operator. Sam is dispatched with his wife and daughter to help renovate the outpost. But Harry turns out to be a moody and bitter man, and his relationship with Sam quickly escalates. Everything culminates in a violent shooting, where Sam kills Harry in an attempt to save his own life. As a result, Sam becomes a wanted criminal for the murder of a white man and is forced to flee with his pregnant wife...
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Actors and actresses
Sam Kelly
Sergeant Fletcher
Fred Smith
Mick Kennedy
Harry March
Judge Taylor
Archie
Lizzie
Nell
Philomac
Reviews & comments
mrklm
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- 11629 messages
- 10041 votes
Beautiful pictures and strong work by Sam Neill. But my goodness, what a soporific film this is. In the 1950s this would have resulted in a smooth, hour-long action western, but here a thin story is stretched to the extreme. In fact, after 90 minutes the story is actually over, but we have to hear it all again in the form of a lawsuit! An excellent film to catch your breath, but that's about it.
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coumi
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- 1462 messages
- 12350 votes
Many social studies teachers would like to show their students this type of film, but in this case they would do well to regularly check whether everyone is still awake. Wow, Mr. Thornton is moving at a snail's pace here. I know that slowness can be quite functional, but Sweet Country (wonderfully sarcastic title by the way) really teeters on the edge and really should have been more effective. A contemporary but not entirely successful variation on To Kill a Mockingbird, not really subtle and fairly predictable, but it can work as yet another proof that the world is unjust. Routines Neill and Brown play their roles adequately and almost with their eyes closed, which unfortunately also applies to protagonist Morris who seems to be sleepwalking while his character and the film would have worked better if his Sam had shown more feeling and emotion in the face of so much injustice. Too languid and lethargic to really appeal to the imagination, small enough for the brave attempt.
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scorsese
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- 13237 messages
- 11128 votes
Good film in which an aboriginal is on trial for shooting a white man. An excellent Australian western that builds up quite slowly. Here and there a somewhat ominous atmosphere created by the lack of music and the short flashbacks and flashforwards. Of course also plenty of beautiful pictures of the Australian landscape. A small 3.5 stars.
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