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Cargo (2017)

Cargo poster
Directed by
Yolanda Ramke, Ben Howling
Genre
drama film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, thriller film, zombie film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 1,865 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A father and mother try to protect their baby in the Australian outback during a zombie disease outbreak. The father struggles to find safety for his child as the infection spreads.

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What happens

Cargo is a 2017 Australian post-apocalyptic thriller film directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke with a screenplay by Ramke based on their 2013 short film of the same name. The film stars Martin Freeman, Simone Landers, Anthony Hayes, David Gulpilil, Susie Porter, and Caren Pistorius. It follows a couple and their baby travelling in remote Australia amid a deadly disease outbreak. It premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival on 6 October 2017 and was released in cinemas in Australia on 17 May 2018, worldwide except for Australia on 18 May 2018 by Netflix and on Netflix in Australia on 16 November 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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