Genre Country Director Actor

Walkabout

Nicolas Roeg, 1970

Film Description

Nic Roeg's beautifully-photographed meditation on the meeting of cultures. While out on a picnic in the Australian outback with his teenage daughter (Jenny Agutter) and young son (Lucien John), a man goes insane and kills himself. The girl takes her brother into the outback in order that he doesn't see their father's dead body. There they meet a young Aborigine (David Gumpilil) who is on walkabout - a rites of passage ritual whereby he must survive in the wilderness for several weeks. He finds food and water for the siblings, and develops a form of communication with the young boy despite being unable to speak English. The girl, however, rebuffs the mating dance which the Aborigine performs in her honour.

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By John Stedman on 30th October 1999

Second only to "Don't Look Now" in the Roeg opus, "Walkabout" is a flawed masterpiece set in the Australian outback. Two first-world children are abandoned by their d... more >

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Natural Australia Interactive Map
Aborigine Australia Interactive Map.

Film Details

Director	Nicolas Roeg
Year	1970
Country	UK

Cast

Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil

Technical Details

Certificate	12
Length	96 mins
Label	UCA
Format	DVD Colour
Region	2
Aspect	1.78:1 widescreen
Cat No	0780582
Main Language	English

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