The Last Wave
Summary:
Peter Weir follows up on his critically acclaimed masterpiece Picnic at Hanging Rock with this surrealist psychological drama. The film opens with a freak hailstorm in Australia's outback. Cut to David Burton (Richard Chamberlain), a well-to-do Sydney corporate lawyer plagued by visions of impending doom who is assigned to defend five accused of murdering a fellow Aborigine. The... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Richard Chamberlain - (David)
Olivia Hamnett - (Anne Burton)
David Gulpilil - (Chris Lee)
Frederick Parslow - (Rev. Burton)
Nadjiwarra Amagula - (Charlie)
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Review:
Exploring similar ground as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave delves into the gap between white Australia's button-down Victorian culture and the mysteries of the land occupied by that culture. Just as a prim, flaxen-haired schoolgirl is seemingly swallowed up by the sheer malevolence of Australia's rocky landscape in Weir's previous work... Continue >>
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