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Charlie's Country
Charlie's Country

Charlie's Country

Genres

Drama

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Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

108 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

12 October 2013

Country

Australia

Cast

David Gulpilil

David Gulpilil

Charlie

Peter Djigirr

Peter Djigirr

Black Pete

Luke Ford

Luke Ford

Luke

Jennifer Budukpuduk Gaykamangu

Jennifer Budukpuduk Gaykamangu

Faith

Peter Minygululu

Peter Minygululu

Old Lulu

Ritchie Singer

Ritchie Singer

Darwin Doctor

John Brumpton

John Brumpton

Policeman Brum

Damon Gameau

Damon Gameau

Darwin Hospital Nurse

Bojana Novaković

Bojana Novaković

Parole Officer

Gary Sweet

Gary Sweet

Bottle Shop Operator

Dan Wyllie

Dan Wyllie

Community Doctor

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