Serenades

Serenades

99 mins | Drama, Romance | May 31, 2001

Set in the 1890s in the central desert region of Australia, 'Serenades' tells the tale of Jila who is conceived when her Afghan cameleer father wins her Aboriginal mother in a card game.

Serenades

99 mins | Drama, Romance | May 31, 2001

Serenades
Set in the 1890s in the central desert region of Australia, 'Serenades' tells the tale of Jila who is conceived when her Afghan cameleer father wins her Aboriginal mother in a card game.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Australian Film Finance Corporation, South Australian Film Corporation, Southern Star Sandra Levy
Original title Serenades
Directors Clair Parker, Tom Read, Jamie Crooks, Mojgan Khadem
Writers Christine Stevens, Mojgan Khadem, Rolf de Heer

Cast

Aden Young

as Johann

Alice Haines

as Jila

Siniša Ćopić

as Shir Mohammed

Bille Brown

as Pastor Hoffman

David Gulpilil

as Rainman

Nick Lathouris

as Mullah Jalal-Shah

Rodney Afif

as Abdullah

Katayla Williams

as Jila (aged 7)

Ben Winsor

as Johann (aged 12)

David Ngoombujarra

as Joseph

Eileen Darley

as Amelia

Yiani Harpas

as Amir

Monette Lee

as Blanche

Netta Yashchin

as Zeinab

Linda Rowlands

as Pearl

Celine O'Leary

as Anna

Stephen Sheehan

as Mr. Becker

Lucy Slattery

as Emma

Farhad Noori

as Aziz

Andrew Martin

as Post Master

Jimeoin Eustice

as Johann (aged 5)