The Last Wave (1977)

The Last Wave (1977)

2/5
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Un avocat de Sydney défend cinq aborigènes dans un meurtre tabou ritualisé et apprend ainsi des choses troublantes sur lui-même et ses prémonitions.

Acteurs
David Gulpilil·Frederick Parslow·Olivia Hamnett·Richard Chamberlain
Réalisé par
Peter Weir
Genre
Drama·Fantasy·Mystery
Langue
English·Aboriginal·Italian
Pays
Australia
7.0IMDb85Metascore

Director
Peter Weir

Peter Weir
Olivia HamnettAnnie Burton
David GulpililChris Lee
Frederick ParslowRev. Burton
Vivean GrayDr. Whitburn
Nandjiwarra AmagulaCharlie
Walter AmagulaGerry Lee
Roy BaraLarry
Cedrick LalaraLindsey
Morris LalaraJacko
Peter CarrollMichael Zeadler
Athol ComptonBilly Corman
Hedley CullenJudge
Michael DuffieldAndrew Potter
Wallas EatonMorgue Doctor
Jo EnglandBabysitter
John FrawleyPoliceman
Jennifer De GreenlawZeadler's Secretary
Penny LeachSchoolteacher
Merv LilliePublican
John MeagherMorgue Clerk
Guido RamettaGuido
Greg RoweCarl
Katrina SedgwickSophie Burton
Ingrid WeirGrace Burton
Tony Morphett
Petru Popescu
Lance Bennett
Max Lemon
Hal McElroy
Jim McElroy
Su Armstrong
Gilda Baracchi
Frank Manley
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Charles Wain
Tony Llewellyn-JonesGuest at Party
Annie Bleakley
Penny Carl
Philip Hearnshaw
Fiona Gosse
Rod McMorran

Australia is a weird society. It's filled with good people who enjoy a good life, a much better life than third world folk.

Featuring some really excellent cinematography - "The Last Wave" (1977) is one of those "old-school" fantasy/mystery pictures that definitely has both its fair share of good moments, as well as its not-so-good moments, too.Set in South Australia - "The Last Wave's" story concerns the activities of a Sydney lawyer who finds himself defending a group of aboriginals who have been accused of a ritualized taboo murder.

What Weir succeeds in doing here is maintaining an atmosphere of pervasive dread throughout The Last Wave. With his massive fire hoses he will flood the vast red outback with a rare rainstorm, and then move towards his focused territory, by letting the elements smash windows and enter the man made domain.