The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
Acting
Tom E. Lewis's volcanic, wounded silence before the explosion.
Direction
Schepisi refuses to make violence cathartic—it's just devastating.
Cinematography
Harsh Australian light becomes a character of judgment.
Director
Fred Schepisi
Tom E. Lewis
Jimmie Blacksmith
Freddy Reynolds
Mort Blacksmith
Ray Barrett
Farrell
Jack Thompson
Rev. Neville
Don Crosby
Jack Newby
Angela Punch McGregor
Gilda Marshall
Steve Dodd
Tabidgi
Peter Carroll
McCready
Ruth Cracknell
Mrs. Heather Newby
Elizabeth Alexander
Petra Graf
Peter Sumner
Dowie Steed
Tim Robertson
Healey
Ray Meagher
Dud Edmonds
Jane Harders
Mrs. Healey
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