CHARLIE'S COUNTRY

By Rolf DE HEER

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Drama - Completed 2014

With no way to live a traditional lifestyle in his Aboriginal community, aging Charlie struggles to make his own way in life.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2014
Un Certain Regard
Toronto - TIFF 2014
Contemporary World Cinema
FNC - Montréal 2014
Int'l Competition Best Actor or Actress Award
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • AUSTRALIA
    • Languages
    • Other, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 108 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Rolf DE HEER
    • Writer(s)
    • Rolf DE HEER, David GULPILIL
    • Producer(s)
    • Nils ERIK NIELSEN, Rolf DE HEER, Peter DJIGIRR
    • Synopsis
    • Living in a remote Aboriginal community in the northern part of Australia, Charlie is a warrior past his prime. As the government increases its stranglehold over the community’s traditional way of life, Charlie becomes lost between two cultures. His 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...