29 November 2007

         
 

 

Ten Canoes

 
 

 

Director

 

Peter Djigirr, Rolf de Heer

 
 

Stars

 

Crusoe Kurddal, David Gulpilil, Jamie Dayindi Gulpilil Dalaithngu, Jamie Gulpilil, Richard Birrinbirrin, Richard Minygululu

 

Rating

 

15

 

Year

  2006  
 

Country

  Australia  
 

Length

  90 min  

While hunting on the Arafura Swamp, an elder relates the time-old tale of Ridjimiraril (Crusoe Kurddal), whose teenage brother Yeeralparil (Jamie Gulpilil) covets his youngest wife (Cassandra Malangarri Baker). Rolf de Heer's Ten Canoes is a richly layered folk-myth drama set among Australian Aborigine tribes in the Northern Territory: a tale of war and love and death among unclothed hunter-gatherers.

 

 
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