Directed by:
Michael James RowlandCinematography:
Geoff BurtonComposer:
Trilok GurtuCast:
Geoff Morrell, Rithy Dourng, Deborah Mailman, Dan Wyllie, Gillian Jones, Kenneth Moraleda, Don Hany, Sean Mununggurr, Rodney Afif, Jo Dyer, Osamah Sami (more)Plots(1)
It's the year 1990 and somewhere on the Australian coast an Indonesian fishing boat comes ashore bearing passengers from Cambodia and Iraq who are trying to enter the country illegally. Disenchanted by false promises, the refugees find themselves on the edge of the desert with three hundred kilometres to the nearest town. The group breaks up and chance brings together the morose Iraqi engineer Youssif, the placid but determined Cambodian Arun, who is looking for his Australian father, and the Javanese fisherman Ramelan, whose curse is to attract catastrophes of all kinds. Like Danis Tanović in No Man's Land, in his debut, writer-director Rowland treats a political theme with laconic humour born of the absurdity of the situation, without losing sight of its humanistic dimension. The journey of this peculiar threesome in search of the happiness that is civilisation, is traced by an imaginative camera lens, which makes ideal use of the photogenic qualities of the vast Australian plains. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Geoff Morrell
Australia
Best movies:
Captain James Cook (1987) (series)
Lucky Miles (2007)
Blackrock (1997)
Rithy Dourng
Best movies:
Lucky Miles (2007)
Deborah Mailman
Australia
Best movies:
Lucky Miles (2007)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Dan Wyllie
Australia
Best movies:
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Lucky Miles (2007)
Charlie's Country (2013)
Gillian Jones
Australia
Best movies:
Lucky Miles (2007)
The Tree (2010)
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Kenneth Moraleda
USA
Best movies:
Lucky Miles (2007)
Wildside (1998)
The Great Raid (2005)
Don Hany
Australia
Best movies:
Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here (2011) (TV movie)
Lucky Miles (2007)
Healing (2014)
Sean Mununggurr
Best movies:
Lucky Miles (2007)
Rodney Afif
Best movies:
Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Lucky Miles (2007)
Love's Brother (2004)
Jo Dyer
Best movies:
Lucky Miles (2007)
Osamah Sami
Best movies:
Lucky Miles (2007)
Shayda (2023)
Ali's Wedding (2017)
Hamish Michael
Australia
Best movies:
Lucky Miles (2007)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Don Barker
Australia
Best movies:
All the Rivers Run (1983) (series)
Gallipoli (1981)
Lucky Miles (2007)