Charlie’s country

Living in a remote Aboriginal community in the northern part of Australia, Charlie is a warrior past his prime. As the government increases its stronghold over the community’s traditional way of life, Charlie becomes lost between two cultures. Ηis new modern life offers him a way to survive but, ultimately, it is one he has no power over. Finally fed up when his gun, his newly crafted spear and his best friend’s jeep are confiscated, Charlie heads into the wild on his own, to live the old way. However Charlie hasn’t reckoned on where he might end up, nor on how much life has changed since the old ways...
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Script: Rolf de Heer, David Gulpilil
Cinematography: Ian Jones
Editing: Tania Nehme
Sound: James Currie, Tom Heuzenroeder
Music: Graham Tardif
Actors: David Gulpilil (Charlie), Peter Djigirr (Black Pete), LukeFord (Luke), Paul Blackwell (Errol)
Production: Vertigo Productions Pty Ltd & Bula’bulaArts Aboriginal Corporation, Australia
Producers: Nils Erik Nielsen, Peter Djigirr, Rolf de Heer
Costumes: Beverley Freeman
Production Design: Beverley Freeman
Format: DCP Color
Production Country: Australia
Production Year: 2014
Duration: 108
Distribution in Greece: Feelgood EntertainmentIrini SouganidouT. +30 211 996 7000info@feelgoodentertainment.grwww.feelgoodentertainment.gr
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Rolf de Heer

Australian film director Rolf de Heer was born in Holland, spent some his childhood in Indonesia and after returning to Holland, emigrated with his family to Australia as an eight-year-old. He attended the Australian Film and Television School (now AFTRS) in the three-year fulltime course, graduating in 1980. Since then he has directed fifteen feature films, writing eleven of them and cowriting another three. He generally produces the films he directs. Rolf has also co-written and/or co-produced a number of feature documentaries, including The Balanda and the Bark Canoes, Twelve Canoes, Still Our Country, Another Country, My Name Is Gulpilil, and A Portrait of Love (currently in post-production).

Filmography

1984 Tale of a Tiger
1988 Incident at Raven’s Gate
1996 The Quiet Room
1998 Dance Me to My Song
2001 The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2003 Alexandra's Project
2007 Dr. Plonk
2013 Charlie's Country
2022 The Survival of Kindness