Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy (1990)
- Directed by
- Tracey Moffatt
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 19 min
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An Aboriginal woman cares for her dying white mother, haunted by dreams of a life she never lived. A song about Christianity plays, hinting at the painful history of assimilation. The story ends with the daughter curled up and weeping beside her mother.
melancholichauntingslow-burnintimatedreamlikebleakemotionally heavyprovocative
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