The Sapphires (2012)

Directed by

Wayne Blair

Genre

comedy film, biographical film, musical film, comedy drama

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 222 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four Aboriginal Australian sisters form a singing group and entertain troops during the Vietnam War. They face racism and personal struggles while discovering their talent and winning over audiences.

upliftingheartfeltbittersweetnostalgiclivelywarmpoignantcelebratory

What happens

The Sapphires is a 2012 Australian musical comedy-drama film based on the 2004 stage play The Sapphires by Tony Briggs, which is loosely based on a real-life 1960s girl group that included Briggs' mother and aunt. The film is directed by Wayne Blair and written by Keith Thompson and Briggs. The Sapphires is about four Yorta Yorta (Aboriginal Australian) women: Gail (Deborah Mailman), Julie (Jessica Mauboy), Kay (Shari Sebbens), and Cynthia (Miranda Tapsell); who are discovered by a talent scout (Chris O'Dowd), form a music group named The Sapphires, and travel to Vietnam in 1968 to sing for troops during the war. Production began in 2010, with the casting of the four members of The Sapphires. Filming took place in and around Albury, Australia and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam during August and September 2011. The Sapphires made its world premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2012 during its out-of-competition screenings, was theatrically released in Australia on 9 August, and received a limited release in the United States on 22 March 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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