Sweet Country

Sweet Country

Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia’s Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighbouring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam’s relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defense. As a result, Sam becomes a wanted criminal for the murder of a white man, and is forced to flee with his wife across the deadly outback, through glorious but harsh desert country...

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Direction: Warwick Thornton
Script: David Tranter, Steven McGregor
Cinematography: Warwick Thornton
Editing: Nick Meyers
Sound: Sam Gain-Emery, Thom Kellar
Actors: Bryan Brown, Hamilton Morris, Thomas M. Wright, Sam Neill
Production: Bunya Productions
Producers: Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey
Art Direction: Tony Cronin
Costumes: Heather Wallace
Make Up: Jen Rossiter
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Australia
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 113΄
Distribution in Greece: One from the Heart
Contact: Memento Films International

Warwick Thornton

Warwick Thornton is one of Australia’s most promising contemporary filmmakers, winning numerous local and international awards as a cinematographer, writer, and director. Born in Alice Springs, Warwick is a cinematography graduate from the Australian Film Television and Radio School. His first short film, Payback, was invited to the prestigious Telluride Film Festival, and all four of his shorts won awards at the Berlin Film Festival. His debut feature, Samson and Delilah, is widely recognised as one of Australia’s finest films and was selected for the 2009 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Camera d’or for best first feature.

Filmography

2002 Mimi (short)
2005 Green Bush (short)
2009 Samson & Delilah
2011 Stranded (short)
2013 The Darkside
2017 We Don’t Need a Map (documentary)
2017 Sweet Country
2023 The New Boy