SWEET COUNTRY

Sam is a middle-aged Aboriginal farmer in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory in the 1920s. He’s sent by a preacher to help a bitter war veteran named Harry renovate his cattle yards. Sam’s relationship with Harry quickly deteriorates, resulting in a fight ending with Sam killing Harry in self-defense. For the murder of a white man, Sam is now on the run from the law with his wife across the deadly outback. A manhunt for the farmer is on, but questions of justice start to surface among the community as the true details of the murder come to light.

Warwick Thornton is an Australian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He graduated from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Thornton began his career making short films and has achieved success with them at film festivals around the world, including Telluride Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival. He is best known for film Samson and Delilah, his debut feature film, which won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

 

A drama of imposing breadth and emotional depth.

David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter