Charlie's Country Page #4

Synopsis: Blackfella Charlie is out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws now. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in so doing sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Rolf de Heer
Production: Monument Releasing
  12 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
108 min
Website
9,697 Views


come on, come on!

Wow.

You gonna buy some grog?

Are you banned?

I'm okay...

I'm allowed to buy it.

This one.

Something else as well.

Give him your I.D.

Got some I.D., mate?

Yeah, yeah.

That's me.

Yeah, all good.

Right.

You really are not banned.

Yeah I'm good.

Where are we going?

Going home to have a drink.

Wait! It's the cops.

We've got better things

to do than clean up

after you lot!

Quick. Hide the grog!

- I'm allowed.

- But I'm banned.

I'm banned!

If you give me grog then

you'll be banned and go to jail.

You know you're not

supposed to camp here!

Piss off!

Go back to your community!

Look at the mess!

My home, what a mess.

What a mess!

They should just shoot us...

...like in the old days.

Hey you lot!

All's clear,

you can come out now!

We've got one here

not banned!

Come out from that grass,

we got grog!

You bring shame to us.

She's wrong skin for you.

You've broken the law.

And that's poison

you're drinking,

it rots your brain.

I don't know

what's wrong with him...

...shaming us.

Who knows?

Why is he like that now?

He didn't go

the straight way...

...he went any which way.

He just helped himself

to a woman.

Nothing left.

I'll get some,

there's some

in my account.

Yup.

You can't be drinking

all this by yourself.

You buying this for her?

Here.

Mate, you wanna be careful.

Coppers are trying

to stop this sort of thing.

They came here

and asked me to report

any suspicious

grog purchases.

I've done nothing wrong.

Yeah, well, you try

telling the coppers that.

They're talking about

changing the law again.

Automatic 18 month

jail sentence

for anybody supplying

a banned person with grog.

Oh, sorry.

A police car!

Watch out, policemen coming!

Where's your home?

Where's your home, eh?

This is our land, you bastards!

You treacherous f***!

Come on, I trusted you!

You f***in' turn on me,

you f***in' useless

black bastard!

F*** you!

- F*** you!

- F*** you!

- F*** you!

- F*** you!

F*** you!

Watch your head.

Should've hunted

you down that day, Charlie.

You know that,

but I did nothin'.

That is a big mistake by me.

I've learned my lesson,

you know?

You don't go soft

on a black fella,

they take advantage of you.

Shut up!

Come on.

Get in.

Sorry for hittin' you, Charlie.

You know, you can't just

sit on the grass all day

and call it "the old ways."

These times have changed.

No, they haven't.

You're still trying

to change our culture

to your bastard culture!

F*** you!

In... in this particular

situation...

...moreover the defendant...

...in no way denies the attack...

...and has shown nothing

in the way of remorse.

I find against him

on all charges.

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David Gulpilil

David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM (born 1 July 1953), is an Australian traditional dancer and actor. more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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