Sweet Country

– It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like, Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Centra..

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Movie
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 53 Minutes
Release Year:
2017
Sweet Country
Sweet Country (2017)

It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like, Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. After an ill-tempered bully arrives in town and Kelly kills him in self-defence, he and his wife go on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.

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Release Date:

06 Apr 2018

Language:

English, Aboriginal

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

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Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.

Awards:

5 wins & 8 nominations.

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Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
Metacritic:
87%

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