The Tracker (2002)

Directed by

Rolf de Heer

Genre

Western film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1922 outback Australia, a colonial policeman forces an Indigenous tracker to help him hunt for a man accused of killing a white woman. The journey reveals the brutal power imbalance between the two men and the harsh landscape they cross.

bleakstarkcontemplativeslow-burntenseunsettlinggrittymeditative

What happens

The Tracker is a 2002 Australian Western directed and written by Rolf de Heer and starring David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet and Damon Gameau. It is set in 1922 in outback Australia where a colonial policeman (Sweet) uses the tracking ability of an Indigenous Australian tracker (Gulpilil) to find the alleged murderer of a white woman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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