Along the way, they meet a young aborigine on his “walkabout,” a rite of passage in which adolescent boys are initiated into manhood by journeying into the wilderness alone. Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe. Posted in r/Cult_films by u/BlueBlack_Channel • 5 points and 1 comment Excellent movie. This is a list of Australian films of the 1970s. That film is Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout, the 1971 drama about a fourteen-year-old girl and her little brother, who are lost in the Australian outback and are saved by a young Aborigine who is, indeed, walking about as his rite of passage into manhood.
It was recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in November 1971. Admittedly, because we are introduced to the outback through the eyes of the teacher, the mood is menacing, but by the end of the film that menace has dissipated and is replaced by a new understanding. Um professor cansado da vida que leva tira folga do trabalho e viaja para encontrar a mulher com quem teve um caso tempos atrás. The movie takes its title from a custom among the Australian aborigines: During the transition to young manhood, an adolescent aborigine went on a "walkabout" of six months in the outback, surviving (or not) depending on his skills at hunting, trapping and finding water in the wilderness. Wake in Fright (Outback) is a film directed by Ted Kotcheff with Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Jack Thompson, .... Year: 1971. But one night stretches to several and with the aid of alcohol he plunges headlong toward his own destruction. Synopsis: Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundayabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. With Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon. Original title: Wake in Fright (Outback).
Director: Ted Kotcheff Writers: Evan Jones (screenplay), Kenneth Cook (based on … A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to cope in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece from Nicolas Roeg. Original title: Wake in Fright (Outback). Wake in Fright (1971) R | 114 min | Drama, Thriller | 21 July 1971 (France) John Grant, a bonded teacher, arrives in a rough outback mining town planning to stay overnight before starting his holiday. The Australian city-dwelling sister and brother (Jenny Agutter and Lucien John, son of the director and cinematographer Nicolas Roeg), abandoned in the Outback, are growing desperate, recklessly napping in the sun when the native boy (David Gulpilil) first appears, in Walkabout, 1971. Recommended. In short, Wake in Fright is a very interesting examination of a part of Australian society in its complexity. For a complete alphabetical list, see Category:Australian films It is not a flattering portrait of Australian life in the "outback" that's for sure, but that wasn't the point.
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