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Tracks (2013)
, 1h52Directed by John Curran
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver, Emma Booth, Jessica Tovey, Rainer Bock, Robert Coleby
In 1977, Robyn Davidson travels from Alice Springs across 2,700 kilometers (1,700 miles) of Australian deserts to the Indian Ocean with her dog and four camels. National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan documents her journey.
Chopper (2000)
, 1h34Directed by Andrew Dominik
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films
Actors Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Kate Beahan, David Field, Daniel Wyllie, Fletcher Humphrys
In and out of jail since he was 16, Melbourne standover man Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (Eric Bana) is serving a 16-year sentence for kidnapping a supreme court judge to get his childhood friend, Jimmy Loughnan (Simon Lyndon), out of the notorious H Division of maximum security Pentridge Prison. To become leader of the division, he ignites a power struggle which gains him more enemies than admirers. Eventually, even his gang turn their backs on him and Loughnan stabs him several times in a failed assassination attempt. Chopper voluntarily has his ears cut off by a fellow inmate in order to be transferred out of the H Division; this also gains him recognition in and out of the prison.
Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
, 1h45Directed by Jim Loach
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Richard Dillane, Tara Morice, Lorraine Ashbourne
The film is based on the true story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered the scandal of "home children", a scheme of forcibly relocating poor children from the United Kingdom to Australia and Canada.
Two Hands (1999)
, 1h29Directed by Gregor Jordan
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Rose Byrne, David Field, Tom Long, Susie Porter
Jimmy, while working at a strip club in Kings Cross, is approached by local mob boss Pando who says he has work for him. Pando gives Jimmy $10,000 to deliver to a woman in Bondi, and when she appears not to be home, he goes for a swim on the beach. Unfortunately the $10,000 is stolen by two street kids while he is swimming, leaving him heavily indebted to the furious Pando and his gang. The street kids, Pete (Evan Sheaves) and Helen (Mariel McClorey), go on a spending spree with their newfound wealth.
, 1h55Directed by Peter Weir
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Michael Murphy, Bill Kerr, Bembol Roco
Guy Hamilton, a neophyte foreign correspondent for an Australian network, arrives in Jakarta on assignment. He meets the close-knit members of the foreign correspondent community including journalists from the UK, the US and New Zealand, diplomatic personnel, and a Chinese-Australian dwarf of high intelligence and moral seriousness, Billy Kwan. Hamilton is initially unsuccessful because his predecessor, tired of life in Indonesia, had departed without introducing Hamilton to his contacts. He receives limited sympathy from the journalist community, which competes for scraps of information from Sukarno's government, the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), and the conservative Muslim military. However, Kwan takes a liking to Hamilton and arranges interviews for him with key political figures.
The Interview (1998)
, 1h44Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Aaron Jeffery, Michael Caton, Peter McCauley, Leverne McDonnell
Eddie Rodney Fleming a récemment perdu sa femme et son travail. Il est arrêté par deux inspecteurs qui l'emmènent en salle d'interrogatoire pour le questionner au sujet d'une voiture volée. Alors que l'interrogatoire devient de plus en plus agressif, il apparaît que l'inspecteur Steele et son adjoint Prior soupçonnent Fleming d'être un tueur en série et que les deux policiers sont eux-mêmes surveillés à leur insu par les affaires internes.
Black Robe (1991)
, 1h41Directed by Bruce Beresford
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Themes Films about religion
Actors Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, Tantoo Cardinal, Gordon Tootoosis, August Schellenberg
Set in New France in 1634 (in the period of conflicts known as the Beaver Wars), the film begins in the settlement that will one day become Quebec City. Jesuit missionaries are trying to encourage the local Algonquin Indians to embrace Christianity, with thus far only limited results. Samuel de Champlain, founder of the settlement, sends Father LaForgue, a young Jesuit priest, to find a distant Catholic mission in a Huron village.
My Brilliant Career (1979)
, 1h45Directed by Gillian Armstrong
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Max Cullen, David Franklin
Sybylla (Judy Davis), a headstrong, free-spirited girl growing up in late 19th century Australia, dreams of a better life to the detriment of her work on a country farm. Her parents, upset by her dreams of grandeur, send her to board with her grandmother in hopes of teaching her proper manners and behaviour. She is soon courted by two local men, jackaroo Frank Hawdon (Robert Grubb), whom she ignores, and well-to-do childhood friend Harry Beecham (Sam Neill), whom she grows increasingly fond of.
Dance Me to My Song (1998)
, 1h41Directed by Rolf de Heer
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Rena Owen
Julia est prisonnière de sa chaise roulante. Sa garde-malade, Madeleine, l'ignore complètement. Quand un homme s'intéresse enfin à Julia, Madeleine lui pique. Mais Julia ne nourrit plus alors qu'un but : récupérer Eddie.
The Dressmaker (2015)
, 1h58Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Western
Themes Seafaring films, La mode, Transport films
Actors Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Caroline Goodall, Sarah Snook
In 1951, Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage returns to her hometown of Dungatar, to take care of her ill mother, Molly. Tilly was sent out of town at the age of ten because of false accusations of murder. Tilly, an expert dressmaker trained by Madeleine Vionnet in Paris, transforms the locals with her couture creations and in the process, exacts revenge on the people who wrongly accused her of murder all those years ago.
Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
, 2h2Directed by Jeremy Sims
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Brendan Cowell, Gyton Grantley, Harrison Gilbertson, Aden Young, Harrison Gilbertson, Bella Heathcote
As seen in flashbacks that occur throughout the film, Oliver Woodward is an Australian miner supplying copper for the war effort. He falls in love with Marjorie Waddell, a young woman ten years his junior. However, he is under constant pressure to enlist, especially from Waddell's father. He has the opportunity to do so when the British Army forms the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company to supplement the Royal Engineers; Woodward is commissioned to lead the unit.
The Sapphires (2012)
, 1h43Directed by Wayne Blair
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Théâtre, Transport films, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapsell, Tory Kittles
In 1968 Australia, Gail and Cynthia head into town for a talent contest and their young sister, Julie is forbidden to go because she has a child and is too young, until she bribes a fellow neighbour to take her into town. An alcoholic, Irish talent scout, Dave Lovelace, is scolded by his boss for being late despite him sleeping in his car that is near work. After the girls lose the talent contest, even with Julie coming in, Dave gives Gail her guitar back and as Dave is about to leave, Julie hands him a piece of paper, showing that the troops need singers for Vietnam. Soon, Dave goes to make a call and he says they have been accepted a spot to audition in Melbourne. Back at their place, Gail, Cynthia and Julie's mother tells him he can take them but Julie until Julie's father tells him not to worry about her. Advised by their grandmother, they meet up with their cousin Kay, who had been living in Melbourne for 10 years. She rejects the offer of joining them, but later changes her mind and meets up at their uncle's place. After days of training their moves, they are almost ready until Julie gives Cynthia a letter from her fiance that he is going to call it off. Despite that, they manage to audition very well and Kay comes up with the group's name, The Sapphires, after looking at Cynthia's engagement ring.
The Little Death (2014)
, 1h35Directed by Josh Lawson
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Damon Herriman, Bojana Novakovic, Josh Lawson, Lisa McCune, Patrick Brammall, Ben Lawson
Les fantasmes, plus ou moins corsés, de cinq couples vivant dans un quartier de Sydney.
Fortress (1985)
, 1h30Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Sean Garlick, Rachel Ward, Rebecca Rigg, Beth Buchanan, Vernon Wells, Peter Hehir
Dans la campagne australienne, une classe entière et leur institutrice sont kidnappés par des hommes armés et masqués. Menés par leur enseignante, les élèves essayent de se sortir de cette situation très périlleuse.
Map of the Human Heart (1993)
, 1h49Directed by Vincent Ward
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Jason Scott Lee, Anne Parillaud, Clotilde Courau, Patrick Bergin, John Cusack, Jeanne Moreau
In the opening moments of the movie, set in 1931 in the Arctic-Canadian settlement Nunataaq, Avik (portrayed initially by Robert Joamie) lives under the watchful eye of his grandmother (Jayko Pitseolak). While tagging along after British cartographer Walter Russell (Patrick Bergin), Avik falls prey to the "white man's disease,"—tuberculosis; to assuage his own guilt, Russell takes the boy to a Montreal clinic to recover. There, Avik meets Albertine, a mixed-blood Indian girl, and the two fall in love, but their relationship is quickly broken up by the Mother Superior who is in charge of the clinic. Years later, Avik again meets Russell, who this time is on a mission to recover the German U-boat lying wrecked off the coast of Nunataaq. Avik asks for Russell's help in learning the whereabouts of Albertine, and he gives the cartographer a chest X-ray of the girl which he has carried with him since their separation. More time elapses, and Avik (now played by Jason Scott Lee) has become a British bombardier fighting in World War II. He is sought out by Albertine (Anne Parillaud), who has become Russell's mistress. Still, she begins an affair with Avik; Russell soon finds out, and as revenge sends Avik and his crew on a suicide mission of which Avik is the lone survivor. Despondent over his war experiences, Avik flees to Canada, where he becomes an alcoholic; decades later, he is sought out by Rainee (Clotilde Courau), the daughter born from his affair with Albertine. On his way to the girl's wedding, Avik is killed in an accident; his body washes up on the beach at Nunataaq, a wedding gift still clutched in his arms.