Charlie's Country

Charlie's Country

108 mins | Drama | Oct. 12, 2013

Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.

Charlie's Country

108 mins | Drama | Oct. 12, 2013

Charlie's Country
Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Vertigo Productions
Original title Charlie's Country
Directors Rolf de Heer
Writers Rolf de Heer, David Gulpilil

Cast

David Gulpilil

as Charlie

Peter Djigirr

as Black Pete

Luke Ford

as Luke

Peter Minygululu

as Old Lulu

Ritchie Singer

as Darwin Doctor

John Brumpton

as Policeman Brum

Damon Gameau

as Darwin Hospital Nurse

Bojana Novaković

as Parole Officer

Gary Sweet

as Bottle Shop Operator

Dan Wyllie

as Community Doctor