Movie
Sweet Country
Overview
In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.
Details
- Release date
- 2018-01-25
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Western, Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bunya Productions, Sweet Country Films
- Country
- Australia
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Hamilton Morris as Sam Kelly
- Bryan Brown as Sergeant Fletcher
- Sam Neill as Fred Smith
- Thomas M. Wright as Mick Kennedy
- Ewen Leslie as Harry March
- Matt Day as Judge Taylor
- Gibson John as Archie
- Natassia Gorey Furber as Lizzie
- Anni Finsterer as Nell
- Tremayne Doolan as Philomac
- Trevon Doolan as Philomac
- Shanika Cole as Lucy
Crew
- Warwick Thornton - Director
- Steven McGregor - Writer
- David Tranter - Writer
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