Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes danger may come from his own involvement with the Aboriginal people and their prophecies.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
AU
Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Fantasy, Horror
Release:
December 1977
Production:
Australian Film Commission, McElroy & McElroy, Derek Power, South Australian Film Corporation, Last Wave Productions
Cast:
Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow, Vivean Gray, Athol Compton, Peter Carroll, Walter Amagula, Michael Duffield, Nandjiwarra Amagula, Hedley Cullen, Wallas Eaton, Jo England, John Frawley, John Meagher, Malcolm Robertson, Greg Rowe, Katrina Sedgwick, Ingrid Weir, Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Tags:
sydney, australia, australia, beach, dreams, nightmare, court, voodoo, paranoia, rain, surrealism, sign, premonition, lawyer, shaman, storm, rainstorm, manslaughter, aborigine, apocalyptic vision, ancient prophecy, tribal ritual, occultism
