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Dead Heart (1996)

Dead Heart poster
Directed by
Nick Parsons
Genre
drama film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
MA15+
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A white Australian policeman in a remote Aboriginal community struggles with cultural clashes and his own morality. The story follows his difficult interactions with local Indigenous people as tensions rise.

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What happens

Dead Heart is a 1996 Australian film. It was written and directed by Nick Parsons, and starred Bryan Brown, Angie Milliken, Ernie Dingo, Aaron Pedersen and John Jarratt. As a play, the piece was staged by Belvoir St Theatre, directed by Neil Armfield, at the Eveleigh rail yards, Sydney, in 1994. In 1993, the play received the NSW Premier's Literary Award for a play. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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