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Sweet Country

2017

Warwick Thornton

Hamilton Morris, Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Thomas M. Wright ...

6.6

999

Western. Drama Inspired by real events, Sweet Country is a period western set in 1929 in the outback Northern Territory. When Aboriginal stockman Sam (Hamilton Morris) kills white station owner Harry March (Ewen Leslie) in self-defence, Sam and his wife Lizzie (Natassia Gorey-Furber) go on the run. They are pursued across the outback, through glorious but harsh desert country. Sergeant Fletcher (Bryan Brown) leads the posse with the help of Aboriginal ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Graceful, soulful, quietly incendiary (...) It’s the landscape, however, that first strikes you (...) [A] clear-eyed, full-hearted film"	POS
United States	A.A. Dowd AV Club	"[It has] a humane understanding of its characters"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A drama of imposing breadth and emotional depth (...) Elevated by the natural grandeur of its visual storytelling (...) In terms of its visual command, the movie could hardly be more expressive"	POS
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"A ravishing film from Warwick Thornton helps illustrate Australia’s racial divide (...) One of the many pleasures of this understated drama is its slow-burn magnetism and lack of flashy genre posturing"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] possesses both shocking cruelty and haunting beauty (...) Superbly shot by Thornton who is both cinematographer and director (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Australia	David Stratton The Australian	"[The acting] is superlative, with nuanced performances from Bryan Brown (...) and Matt Day (...) The wide-screen images (...) are stunning in their beauty and harshness."	POS

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