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LUCKY COUNTRY

By Kriv STENDERS

Thriller - Completed 2009

1902….the Australian Federation is a year old. A desperate family on the brink of ruin find themselves turning on each other after three strangers arrive at their farm with rumours of gold.

- Year of production
- 2009
- Genres
- Thriller, Western
- Countries
- AUSTRALIA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 92 mn
- Director(s)
- Kriv STENDERS
- Writer(s)
- Andy COX
- Cast
- Aden YOUNG, Pip MILLER, Hanna MANGAN-LAWRENCE, Neil PIGOT, Eamon FARREN, Toby WALLACE, Robert MENZIES, Helmut BAKAITIS
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-1AC4-0000-V-0000-0000-I
- Producer(s)
- Kristian MOLIERE (Smoking Gun Productions)
- Synopsis
- 1902….the Australian Federation is a year old. 12 year-old Tom's beloved father Nat has dragged him and his sister Sarah to an isolated farm at the edge of the woods. But Nat’s dream of living off the land has died and he is losing his grip on sanity. When three ex-soldiers arrive at their cabin one night Tom, like his father, believes they are providence. “Your mother always said never turn away strangers, they may be angels in disguise…”
  But their presence becomes more menacing when one of them reveals a secret: he's found gold. As the lure of gold infects everyone around him the cabin becomes a psychological battleground in which Tom’s loyalty is put to the ultimate test.
- Partners & financing
- Screen Australia / South Australian Film Corporation / Adelaide Film Festival
- Beginning of shooting
- Aug 01, 2008