Sweet Country (2017 film)
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Sweet Country is a 2017 Australian drama film, directed by Warwick Thornton. Set in 1929 in the sparsely populated outback of the Northern Territory and based on a series of true events, it tells a harsh story against the backdrop of a divided society (between the British settlers and Aboriginal Australians) in the interwar period in Australia.
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Directed by | Warwick Thornton |
Written by | David Tranter Steven McGregor |
Produced by | Greer Simpkin David Jowsey |
Starring | Sam Neill Bryan Brown Hamilton Morris |
Cinematography | Warwick Thornton |
Edited by | Nick Meyers |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Languages | English Arrernte |
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It was first screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival in September 2017 and after winning the Special Jury Prize award there, went on to win several awards internationally.