Overview
The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us all. The Aborigines' belief is not shared by a giant mining company, which wants to tear open the soil and search for uranium.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedWerner Herzog directs this 1984 drama set in the Australian outback, where a mining corporation's hunt for uranium collides with Aboriginal belief that the land is a sacred dreaming place that must not be disturbed. Restrained and contemplative, it frames a clash between industrial ambition and spiritual tradition, weighing law, ownership and worldview without easy answers. The mood is quietly mournful, marked by Herzog's eye for landscape and human stubbornness. With a MagicMovieScore of 6.9, it will appeal to viewers who appreciate thoughtful art-house cinema, ecological and cross-cultural themes, and dramas rooted in moral and philosophical conflict.
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Top Cast
Wandjuk Marika
Miliritbi
Roy Marika
Dayipu
Ray Barrett
Cole
Norman Kaye
Baldwin Ferguson
Ralph Cotterill
Fletcher
Bruce Spence
Lance Hackett
Nico Lathouris
Arnold
Basil Clarke
Judge Blackburn
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Movie Info
Release Date
August 31, 1984
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
R
Genres
Drama
Director