The Last Wave Page #4

and their tribal laws.

- The only thing to do is to...

- [Door Opens]

Is to plead guilty,

from the beginning.

Get a light sentence, send them up the river

for six months then to their wives and kids.

That's all we can do.

This is Gerry.

- Jacko.

- Gerry.

- Lindsay.

- Lindsay.

And Larry.

Michael Zeadler.

He'll be your barrister in this case.

Hello. I'm Chris Lee.

[Zeadler] All right.

Now I want to help, and I will help you.

But first of all,

you've got to help me.

I've got to know certain things

that happened here on that night,

and you've got to tell me

exactly as it happened, all right?

Now, the first thing I have to know

is where exactly were you standing.

So can you tell me, please?

Where were you standing

on the night that it happened?

Here's Daddy!

You can have a go at my bird,

Daddy. His name is Monty.

- David, hello!

- Oh, darling, er...

One of the Aborigines

is coming here to dinner.

- Tonight? - Yes, l-I thought if I

could get him away from the others,

he might give me some sort

of line on the case.

Sorry I didn't call.

- Who is he? What's his name?

- Chris.

[Doorbell Rings]

[Ringing Continues]

[Chris]

Charlie there?

[Thunder Rumbling, Cracking]

Did you tell this Chris that

you'd seen him in the dream thing?

Yes, I did.

Well?

He just nodded...

as if it were quite

an ordinary thing to say.

[Knock At Door]

[Sighs] You know,

I'm a fourth-generation Australian.

I've never met

an Aboriginal before.

[Chuckles]

[Raining]

This is Charlie.

Well, come in.

Come in, please.

Annie, uh, this is Chris.

- How do you do?

- And Charlie. Hello, Charlie.

[Girls Giggling]

Back to bed this minute!

[Giggling Continues]

Excuse me.

Shall we go in for a drink?

Beer, wine?

What would you like?

He doesn't speak English.

- Ah.

- Uh, water will be fine.

Water. Yes, um, I'll just get some.

[Whispering] Why didn't you tell me

he was bringing somebody with him?

- Well, I didn't know.

- Well, who is he?

I don't know.

Is Charlie

a relative of yours, Chris?

- He's a painter.

- Oh.

I paint too.

That's some of my work over there.

[Speaking In Native Dialect]

- Very nice.

- Thank you.

Are you and Charlie tribal people?

No tribal people in the city.

Charlie?

[Chuckling]

Oh, no, darling.

They've asked to see it.

Ah.

This is my stepfather.

[Native Dialect]

He's a minister.

And my mother.

She died when I was still a little boy.

Both my parents are dead.

[Chris Speaking In Native Dialect]

Uh, let's see. Older ones.

This is my grandfather.

[Chris Continues Translating]

Ah, yes. Here are two pictures

of my mother's grandfather.

[Native Dialect]

Where is your...

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