Directed by Warwick Thornton
Set in the aboriginal communities of Australia, what might have been an age-old love story explodes cliché and convention through unvarnished and unyielding authenticity. Samson (Rowan McNamara) and Delilah (Marissa Gibson) are two young people struggling to find themselves and each other. Director Warwick Thornton—who, like the principal cast, hails from an aboriginal background—plunges us into red-dirt landscapes that serve in equal measure as oasis and prison.
Traditions both nourish and entrap, and as boy and girl wrestle with a fate that may seem inevitable, love shows the way forward. Winner of the Caméra d’Or for best debut feature at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. An Indiepix release.
2009. Australia. 101 min.
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Warwick Thornton has written and directed several short dramas, most recently Nana (2008), which won a Berlinale prize, the IF Award for Best Short Film, and the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Melbourne International Film Festival. His previous short drama, Green Bush, premiered at Sundance and won Best Short in the Panorama section at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival, the IF Award for Best Short Film, and two Dendy Awards. Warwick started his career as a cinematographer, and he continues to shoot for other people while developing his own projects. Next he will direct a documentary series, called Art and Soul, with Aboriginal-art curator Hetti Perkins.
