Sweet Country (2017)

Crime, Drama, Thriller, Adventure, History, Western

Director: Warwick Thornton
Writers: Steven McGregor, David Tranter
Starring: Bryan Brown, Luka Magdeline Cole, Shanika Cole, Matt Day

"Justice itself is put on trial."

Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighbouring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam's relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defence. As a result, Sam becomes a wanted criminal for the murder of a white man, and is forced to flee with his wife across the deadly outback, through glorious but harsh desert country. A hunting party led by the local lawman Sergeant Fletcher is formed to track Sam down. But as the true details of the killing start to surface, the community begins to question whether justice is really being served.

Plot summary from IMDb: Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.

Awards: 5 wins & 8 nominations.
Runtime: 113 min
R