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Director: |
Rolf De Heer
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Starring: |
Crusoe Kurddal, Frances Djulibing, Peter Djigirr, Johnny Buniyira, Richard Birrinbirrin, Jamie Gulpilil, David Gulpilil
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Genres: |
Action-Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Indie-Arthouse Cinema, Australian
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Origin: |
Australia
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Certificate: |
M
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Languages: |
English
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Running Time: |
90 min
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Set centuries ago in tribal times, Ten Canoes is a surreal tragi-comedy. Dayindi (played by Jamie Gulpilil, son of the great David Gulpilil) covets one of the wives of his older brother. To teach him the proper way, he is told a story from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery, bungling mayhem and revenge gone wrong. In English storytelling (by David Gulpilil) and subtitled Ganalbingu language of the remote Arafura Swamp region of north-eastern Arnhem Land, this is a film unlike any you have ever seen.
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