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"A young Sydney lawyer, while defending Aborigines against a murder charge, is troubled by dreams and is drawn into an underground world, the intimations of an ancient civilisation."@en
"A young Sydney lawyer, while defending Aborigines against a murder charge, is troubled by dreams and is drawn into an underground world, the intimations of an ancient civilisation."
"Un avvocato di Sidney deve difendere un gruppo di aborigeni accusati di omicidio. Ben presto scopre che l'omicidio è avvenuto per un rito tribale, e lui stesso comincia a fare strani e terribili sogni diventando, suo malgrado, l'elemento attraverso il quale si scatena una terribile profezia. (Mereghetti)."@it
"Lawyer David Burton takes on the defense of a group of Australian aboriginals accused of murder and soon finds himself affected by dreams, premonitions and strange forces that lie just beneath the surface of his accustomed reality."@en
"Lawyer David Burton takes on the defense of a group of Australian aboriginals accused of murder and soon finds himself affected by dreams, premonitions and strange forces that lie just beneath the surface of his accustomed reality."
"Een Australische advocaat verdedigt een aboriginal die wordt beschuldigd van moord."
"The story of a lawyer defending a group of aboriginals accused of murder. The lawyer feels the pull of magic forces beneath the surface of civilization."
"The story of a lawyer defending a group of aboriginals accused of murder. The lawyer feels the pull of magic forces beneath the surface of civilization."@en
"Feature film from Australia. A young Sydney lawyer, while defending Aborigines against a murder charge, is troubled by dreams and is drawn into an underground world."
"Set in Australia this supernatural suspense movie is the story of David Burton (Richard Chamerlain) who takes on the legal defense of a group of aboriginals who are accused of murder. The film explores aboriginal magical and supernatural forces and their impact with modern civilization. Major parts of the film are played by Aboriginal actors Gulpilil And Nandjiwarra Amagula."
"The story of a lawyer defending a group of aboriginals accused of murder. The lawyer feels the pull of magic forces beneath the surface of civilization, including a prophesy that all the world will drown."
"An Australian lawyer takes on the defense of a group of Aboriginies accused of killing one of their own."
"Set in Australia, this supernatural suspense movie is the story of David Burton (Richard Chamberlain) who takes on the legal defense of a group of aboriginals who are accused of murder. The film explores aboriginal magical and supernatural forces and their impact with modern civilization."
"The Last Wave tells the story of young tax lawyer, David Burton, who takes on the defense of five city Aboriginal people who seem to have killed one of their own under tribal law - but as the government doesn't acknowledge that there are tribes in the city, defending the men appears to be impossible. David's efforts are frustrated by the defendants, who refuse to cooperate with him. But he experiences recurring dream images of defendant, Chris Lee, and a mysterious older native named Charlie turns out to be a shaman who identifies David as being from an ancient tribe from the West. David begins an odyssey involving strange natural occurrences - all centering on water - in downtown Sydney. His obsessive research eventually leads him to surmise that some kind of cyclical cleansing of the earth is in the offing, an apocalypse predicted - or created - by the magic of the Aborigines, a massive, apocalyptic tidal wave. David Gulpilil dominates the film with his performance as Chris Lee."
""Dream is a shadow of something real." Chris Lee (David Gulpilil), internationally acclaimed filmmaker Peter Weir (Oscar nominated director of Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli and Witness) explores a startling world on the brink of apocalypse in The Last Wave, a time and place where Mother Nature and human nature are destined to collide in catastrophic disaster. When lawyer David Burton (Richard Chamberlain, The Thorn Birds) is assigned a case to defend a group of indigenous Australian men, he is unprepared for the nightmares and dreamscapes ahead. Accused of murdering one of their own, the men stand trial amidst suspicious circumstances and, as Burton becomes plagued by unsettling visions, he is drawn to the mysterious Chris Lee (AFI Award winner David Gulpilil, Storm Boy, The Tracker) for answers to his torment. As the erratic climate turns dangerous, Burton senses a greater power at play, where tribal customs and the ancient ideas of Dreamtime may be more than just an ominous warning. Featuring atmospheric cinematography by Oscar® winner Russell Boyd (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World), The Last Wave is a haunting journey into the depths of the unknown, where dreams and nightmares conspire as one."