The Last Wave
THE LAST WAVE
GULPILIL RETROSPECTIVE:
THE LAST WAVE
(1977 / Australia / 106 minutes / Age guidance: 15+ )
Wednesday 9 Nov 2022
6pm
The Garden Cinema
6pm
The Garden Cinema
Part of the London Australian Film Festival’s David Gulpilil retrospective
Director: Peter Weir
Writers: Peter Weir, Tony Morphett, Petru Popescu
Producers: Hal McElroy, James McElroy
Cast: David Gulpilil, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett
As part of its David Gulpilil retrospective, the London Australian Film Festival presents a key early role for the Yolŋu actor, who brings a brooding sense of disquiet to Peter Weir’s quasi-folk horror.
Gulpilil plays Chris Lee, one of a group accused of drowning a fellow Aboriginal man in Sydney, amid freak rainstorms and other strange meteorological occurrences. Their case is assigned, pro bono, to business lawyer David Burton (Richard Chamberlain), but with none of his clients willing to talk about what happened, Burton’s increasingly terrifying apocalyptic visions lead him to think Australia may soon face destruction.
Presented in association with the Menzies Australia Institute (King’s College London).
Australian snacks will be on sale
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Ticket price includes:
Raffles sold on the night
Australian snacks and lollies (sweets)
will be on sale
will be on sale
The Garden Cinema
39-41 Parker Street
London
WC2B 5PQ