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Charlie's Country is a 2013 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer. It was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival where David Gulpilil won the award for Best Actor.
Jul 17, 2014 · Charlie's Country: Directed by Rolf de Heer. With David Gulpilil, Peter Djigirr, Luke Ford, Lizzie Durrurrnga. Displeased with the intervention of whitefella laws, Charlie takes off to live the old way and sets off a chain reaction of enlightening difficulties.
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- Adventure, Drama
- Rolf de Heer
- 2014-07-17
Aug 12, 2014 · The great Australian actor David Gulpilil (Walkabout, Ten Canoes) won the Best Actor prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard for his majestic performance in this semi-autobiographical drama, about an...
- 2 min
- 126.5K
- TIFF Originals
Charlies Country is a beautiful study of an aging indigenous man whose quest is to return to country. In his quest he becomes ill and is found by his friend and is...
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- David Gulpilil
- Rolf de Heer
- Drama
Aug 10, 2015 · WINNER - Best Actor - Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Rolf de Heer. Starring David Gulpilil, Peter Djigirr, and Luke Ford. With no way to live a traditional lifestyle in his Aboriginal community, aging Charlie struggles to make his own way in life.
- 2 min
- 6.2K
- Visit Films
A film about an Aboriginal man's struggle to survive in a remote community under the intervention of white bureaucracy. Starring David Gulpilil, who won Best Actor at Cannes, and directed by Rolf de Heer.
Living in a remote Aboriginal community in the northern part of Australia, Charlie (David Gulpilil) is a warrior past his prime. As the government increases its stranglehold over the community's traditional way of life, Charlie becomes lost between two cultures.
