Bran Nue Dae (2009)

Bran Nue Dae (2009) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby TrueHD )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Storyboards

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Rachel Perkins

Written By:
Reg Cribb
Rachel Perkins

Actors:
Rocky McKenzie ..... Willie
Jessica Mauboy ..... Rosie
Ernie Dingo ..... Uncle Tadpole
'Missy' Higgins ..... Annie
Geoffrey Rush ..... Father Benedictus
Deborah Mailman ..... Roxanne
Tom Budge ..... Slippery
Magda Szubanski ..... Roadhouse Betty
Ningali Lawford ..... Theresa
Stephen B'Aamba Albert ..... Pastor Flakkon
Dan Sultan ..... Lester
Josiah Page ..... Tommy
Hunter Page-Lochard ..... Peter
Samson Page ..... Daryl
Dayle Garlett ..... Dorm Boy

Synopsis:

In this lively musical comedy-drama set in the late 1960s, Willie (Rocky McKenzie) is a sixteen-year-old living in Broome, an Aboriginal community on the western coast of Australia. Willie is an easy-going kid who doesn't ask for much from life beyond enjoying time with his friends and getting a date with Rosie (Jessica Mauboy), a pretty girl who attends the same church. But Willie's mother thinks he should be following a more responsible path, and convinces him to transfer to a Catholic boarding school for boys in Perth. It doesn't take long for Willie to run afoul of Father Benedictus (Geoffrey Rush), the school's iron-willed headmaster, and Willie runs away. Stranded in Perth, Willie is befriended by Uncle Tadpole (Ernie Dingo), a streetwise character who lived in Broome as a youngster. Uncle Tadpole offers to help Willie get back home, and they hit the highway, hitch-hiking back to Broome and catching rides with a handful of colorful strangers, including Teutonic tourist Slippery (Tom Budge) and flower child Annie (Missy Higgins). But as Willie and Uncle Tadpole make their way across the continent, Father Benedictus is in hot pursuit, determined not to let a truant slip from his grasp. Bran Nue Dae was adapted from the hit stage musical by Jimmy Chi that was a major box office success and multiple award winner in Australia during the early 1990s; the film version received its word premiere at the 2009 Melbourne Film Festival, was it received the Audience Award for Best Film.

In the Summer of 1965 a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome - fishing, hanging out with his mates and his girl. However his mother returns him to the religious mission for further schooling. After being punished for an act of youthful rebellion, he runs away from the mission on a journey that ultimately leads him back home.

An Aboriginal teenage boy runs away from boarding school and travels across Australia where he meets other unusual travelers.

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