The Last Wave: who are you?
1977
The Last Wave: who are you?
1977
- NFSA IDQH6S45JX
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormFeature Film
- Duration1 hr, 41 mins
- GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1977
Burton (Richard Chamberlain) wants answers from the mysterious Charlie (Nandjiwarra Amagula) so he goes to his house, but Charlie also wants answers. After he leaves, Burton has a premonition of a drowned city.
Burton (Richard Chamberlain) wants answers from the mysterious Charlie (Nandjiwarra Amagula) so he goes to his house, but Charlie also wants answers. After he leaves, Burton has a premonition of a drowned city.
- NFSA IDQH6S45JX
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormFeature Film
- Duration1 hr, 41 mins
- GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1977
- Production companyAyer ProductionsDirectorPeter WeirProducersHal McElroy and Jim McElroyScreenplayTony Morphett, Petru Popescu and Peter WeirMusicCharles Wain
The Last Wave Synopsis
David Burton (Richard Chamberlain) is a successful Sydney tax lawyer who takes on the defence of five Aboriginal men charged with killing another Aboriginal man. As the city is deluged with rain, Burton recognises that he has seen one of the accused, Chris Lee (David Gulpilil) before – in a recurring dream. Lee and an older Aboriginal man (Nandjiwarra Amagula) refuse to cooperate with the court case because the killing concerns sacred and secret objects belonging to a local tribe. As the weather gets worse, Burton has a premonition of disaster, in which he is to play a key role.
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