EditSweet Country (2018)

Da den midaldrende Aboriginal, Sam, dræber en hvid krigsveteran i selvforsvar, bliver han øjeblikkeligt eftersøgt for mord og tvinges til at flygte ud i den dødelige ødemark med sin familie. Ordensmagten er dog lige i hælene på ham, anført af den nidkære Sergeant Fletcher. Men da de sande detaljer om mordet langsomt kommer op til overfladen, begynder lokalsamfundet at betvivle om retfærdigheden virkelig sker fyldest…

The film is set in the 1920s, somewhere in the wilderness of Australia’s Northern Territory. Sam is an Aboriginal farmer who goes to help Harry, a war veteran, to restore his cattle yard. The two aged men don’t get along with each other but things worsen when Sam is forced to shoot Harry in self-defense. Killing a white man is equal to suicide for Aboriginal people and little they could hope to find justice. Realizing what will be the consequences of his actions, Sam takes his wife Lizzie and tries to escape the long hand of the law. However, Sergeant Fletcher launches a manhunt after Sam, without expecting that truth always find its way out.