Sweet Country Page #6

Synopsis: Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Director(s): Warwick Thornton
Production: Samuel Goldwyn Films
  5 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
87
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
R
Year:
2017
113 min
2,478 Views


And that Harry...

Mr march...

He been lookin' at Lucy funny way.

He been askin' about me.

Is she promise?

Promise?

Yeah, like promise husband for Lucy.

What did you say?

Didn't like that.

He been tell us.

He been kick us off

from his property.

Told us to get.

No Tucker.

Nothing.

What was the reason he gave for

kicking you off his property?

I think

I think shame job for him.

I must say, mr Kelly, I don't understand

why Harry march would have been ashamed.

Why do you think he was ashamed, mr Kelly?

Mr Kelly, I'm asking you a question.

What he done to my wife.

What did he do to your wife, mr Kelly?

Did Harry march force

himself onto your wife?

Is that why you shot him?

Because he forced himself onto your wife?

No, he was gonna kill me.

Did you see Harry march

force himself onto your wife?

Mr Kelly, did you see Harry march

force himself onto your wife?

You must answer me.

My wife family way now.

That's why we stop running.

We been keep up.

Whitefella never catch me.

I ask you again.

Did you see Harry march

force himself onto your wife?

Mi" Kelly!

I'm asking you a question.

This finish now.

Sam Kelly, you listen to me.

This is a court of law,

and if you do not answer my questions,

you are in contempt,

and I will place you in jail

until you decide to answer.

More than that, I will place your

wife in jail for contempt, too.

About three weeks ago...

Harry march come looking

for that little boy...

Philomac.

He was shouting.

He started shooting.

He come to the front door.

Even point the gun at me.

I been grab Fred's gun

and I been shoot him right there.

Finish.

Why did you run, mr Kelly?

I shot a whitefella.

And you say you only gave yourself

up because your wife is with child?

How long has your wife been with child?

Since Harry march.

How do you know the child's not yours?

Can't have kids.

Can't have family.

Sam Kelly, you may step down.

F***in' chook is ready!

Two weeks off.

Two weeks, no f***in' work.

- Archie's a f***in'...

- Hey, old man.

Old man!

Got a nice lubra to keep

you warm tonight, eh?

If I was twenty years younger, mate...

Take it easy, Fred.

Just havin' a laugh, mate.

Go say goodbye to your black.

He's gonna be hangin' tomorrow!

He that is unjust

let him be unjust still.

And he which is filthy,

let him be filthy still.

And he that is righteous

let him be righteous still.

And he that is holy,

let him be holy still and behold,

my reward is with me.

For give me every man,

according as his work shall be.

For I am Alpha and omega

the beginning and the end,

the first and the last.

Blessed are they that do his commandments.

You're f***in' joking.

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