Genre: Adventure, War, Drama, Comedy
Tagline: Ten canoes, three wives, one hundred and fifty spears...trouble
Plot: A thousand years ago, tribal times in the north of Australia. Ten men, led by old Minygululu, head into the forest to harvest barks for canoe making. It is the season of goose egg gathering.Minygululu learns that young Dayindi, on his first egg hunting expedition, has taken a fancy to Minygululu's third and youngest wife. Tribal law is in danger of being broken: Minygululu deals with the situation by telling Dayindi an ancestral story, a story that will take a very long time to tell, all through the next days of canoe making and swamp travelling and goose egg gathering. This is that story: Long ago, in mythical times, just after the great flood covered the whole land, Ridjimiraril lives with his three wives, wise Banalandju, jealous Nowalingu and beautiful young Munandjarra, in a camp with others, including Birrinbirrin, a fat man who loves honey. Some distance away, in the single men's camp, lives Yeeralparil, Ridjimiraril's younger brother. Yeeralparil has no wives yet, and none promised, but is keen on that beautiful Munandjarra, who he feels should be his. One day, a Stranger approaches, without warning. The men are alarmed, especially when the Stranger claims he is there to trade in magic objects. He is given food and sent on his way. The sorcerer comes to warn the men
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Rolf de Heer
Alexandra's Project, The Tracker, The Quiet Room | |
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Rolf de Heer
Alexandra's Project, The Tracker, The Quiet Room |
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