Overview
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.
Details
- Director
- Nicolas Roeg
- Writer
- Edward Bond
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,000,000
Cast
Barry Donnelly
David Gulpilil
Hilary Bamberger
Jenny Agutter
John Illingsworth
John Meillon
Luc Roeg
Noeline Brown
Peter Carver
Robert McDarra
Keywords
australia
australian aboriginal
based on novel or book
camel
coming of age
death
flashback
geologist
hunter
outback
picnic
rite of passage
sibling relationship
suicide
survival
teenage girl
tribe
wilderness
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