The Last Wave

– White Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of aborigines charged ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 46 Minutes
Release Year:
1977
The Last Wave (1977)

White Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of aborigines charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes danger may come from his own involvement with the aborigines and their prophecies.

The Last Wave (1977) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Jan 1979

Language:

English, Italian, Aboriginal

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Peter Weir

Writer:

Peter Weir (screenplay), Tony Morphett (screenplay), Petru Popescu (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow

Plot:

A Sydney lawyer has more to worry about than higher-than-average rainfall when he is called upon to defend five Aboriginals in court. Determined to break their silence and discover the truth behind the hidden society he suspects lives in his city, the Lawyer is drawn further, and more intimately, into a prophesy that threatens a new Armageddon, wherein all the continent shall drown.

Awards:

4 wins & 7 nominations.

Production:

Cowboy Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
Metacritic:
85%