Charlie's Country

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Charlie's Country

2013,

1h 48m,

Drama

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500+ Ratings

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Charlie (David Gulpilil), an Aboriginal man of Australia, struggles to navigate the society he finds himself in, especially when he tries to reconnect with the traditional ways of his people.

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Powerfully performed and beautifully directed, Charlie's Country uses its protagonist's personal saga to explore poignant universal themes.

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Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

Aug 21, 2015

3/4

The upright art-houser is told in English and Yolngu, with English subtitles, but the message would be clear without any dialogue: Australia is no country for old Aborigine.

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Peter Keough

Boston Globe

Jul 16, 2015

3/4

Australia offers few sights as sublime as that of David Gulpilil.

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Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

Jun 11, 2015

3/4

A series of chapters in noble effort and misadventure alike, all captured with fluid camerawork trained on Gulpilil's every move or his long passages of mesmerizing stillness.

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

Sep 27, 2023

3.5/5

The film - beyond some politically correct concessions - has beauty, sensitivity, and humor even in its denunciation. [Full review in Spanish]

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Stephen A. Russell

The New Daily (Australia)

Aug 26, 2020

4.5/5

Gulpilil, as the eponymous Charlie, dreams of returning to his people and traditional way of life, setting out on a quest across the unforgiving yet ethereally beautiful bush. He's a joy to watch.

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Danielle Davenport

One Room With A View

May 25, 2019

4/5

Charlie's Country is passionate, beautiful and bittersweet as it expresses a poignant tale of vulnerability, rage and sorrow.

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Abraham S

May 5, 2018

Hollywood could never ever make a move like this - understated, non-melodramatic, no Shawshank Redemption BS. Sure it consists of vignettes, but director de Heer knows the cinematic power of co-writer and main actor, Gulpilil.

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Ron R

Mar 7, 2018

One of the better movies I have seen in recent times, Charlie's Country is about the agony of dispossession, and the despondency arising from not being able to live life on one's own terms in one's own birthplace, as depicted through the life of Charlie, an elderly aboriginal who lives in Australia's Northern Territory

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Rey R

Jan 19, 2017

A beautiful & important film not only about the physical plight of the indigenous but bringing a lot of emotional struggle to the screen also. The story of Charlie an indigenous man who once had the honor to Dance to the Queen of England out the front of Sydney Opera House on its opening. Now living rurally out of Darwin just simply wants his land & peace from local police. A very necessary & vital film from Australia that really demonstrates the indigenous struggle. A timeless performance from David Gullipili whom is truly one of our greatest.

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Synopsis

Charlie (David Gulpilil), an Aboriginal man of Australia, struggles to navigate the society he finds himself in, especially when he tries to reconnect with the traditional ways of his people.

Director: Rolf de Heer
Producer: Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr, Nils Erik Nielsen
Screenwriter: Rolf de Heer, David Gulpilil
Production Co: The South Australian Film Corporation, Adelaide Film Festival, Vertigo Productions, Screen Australia, Bula'bula Arts Aboriginal
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Australian English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.4K
Runtime: 1h 48m

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