The Last Wave
1977 · TMDB 6.7
Directed by Peter Weir
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal people in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.
Why it matters
Peter Weir's eerie Australian mystery follows a lawyer defending Aborigines who begins to dream of a cataclysmic flood, as ancient tribal law collides with whitefella justice.
From Storming the Deck
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Released
- 1977-12-15
- Studio
- Australian Film Commission
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.7
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Storming the Deck
Position 4 of 7
Peter Weir's eerie Australian mystery follows a lawyer defending Aborigines who begins to dream of a cataclysmic flood, as ancient tribal law collides with whitefella justice.
The Bush Doesn't Care If You Understand It
Position 4 of 8
A Sydney lawyer defends Aboriginal men in a murder case and starts dreaming of water where there should be none. Weir turns the city itself into a haunted site, with rain that feels like a warning.
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