Ten Canoes
Beguiling Aboriginal parable from Rolf de Heer is an evocative time-warp of Australia’s rich ancestry, told through the campfire narration of David Gulpilil.
Framed around a hunting expedition in the outback swamplands, de Heer not only steeps the film in history, but textures it with visuals of vast mystique. An indigenous milestone (the first all-Aboriginal language Australian feature), this is also simultaneously appealing as a native anthropology, while the non-actor cast lend a jokey, naturalistic quality to the storytelling, itself a simple cave drawing transcended by de Heer’s nous for time and place.
Director
Rolf de HeerDirector
Peter DjigirrLanguages
Aboriginal, English
Subtitles
English
Country
Australia