The Snowtown Murders (2011)

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the snowtown murders

ORIGINAL TITLE

Snowtown

YEAR

2011

RUNNING TIME

120 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Justin Kurzel

SCREENWRITER

Justin Kurzel, Shaun Grant

COMPOSER

Jed Kurzel

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Adam Arkapaw

CAST

Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway, Craig Coyne, Louise Harris, Frank Cwiertniak, Matthew Howard, Marcus Howard, Anthony Groves, Richard Green, Aaron Viergever, David Walker

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Screen Australia / Warp X Australia

OFFICIAL WEB

http://snowtownthemovie.com/

GENRE

Drama | Crime

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Jamie (Lucas Pittaway) is a 16 year-old living a precarious life with his mother and two brothers in a deprived area of Adelaide. Their home is but one of many sun-starved houses crammed together to cater for a disenfranchised society. Jamie longs for an escape from the violence and hopelessness that surrounds him and his salvation arrives in the form of John, a charismatic man who unexpectedly comes to his aid. As John spends more and more time with Jamie's family, Elizabeth and her boys begin to experience a stability and sense of family that they have never known. John moves from the role of Jamie's protector to that of a mentor, indoctrinating Jamie into his world, a world brimming with bigotry, righteousness and malice. Like a son mimicking his father, Jamie soon begins to take on some of John's traits and beliefs as he spends more and more time with him and his select group of friends...

PRO REVIEWS

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"Terrific performances, especially from the menacing, lazily charismatic Henshall, and debut director Kurzel's expressionist storytelling make for an Aussie film well worth hunting down. A tough but seriously rewarding watch. (...) Rating: **** (out of five)" (Kim Newman: Empire)

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