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      Dead Heart

      1996 1h 43m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 71% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Ray Lorkin (Bryan Brown), chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simmering tensions between the area's Aboriginal Australians and white settlers are on the verge of erupting. When it's discovered that Kate (Angie Milliken), the white wife of local schoolteacher Les (Lewis Fitz-Gerald), has despoiled a sacred site by secretly meeting her Aboriginal lover, Tony (Aaron Pedersen), there, a shocking murder threatens to rip the small town apart. Read More Read Less

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Oct 13, 2005 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice A gripping portrait of the clash between cultures and the underlying distrust that is at the heart of all racism Mar 3, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Ray, Ray, Ray hahahahahah Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Decent Australian drama which is totally under rated. Great story and nice performances. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Dead Heart is a gripping Australian portrait of the clash between cultures and the underlying distrust that is at the heart of all racism. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member When people nominate the best Australian movies, they rarely nominate this. And that's a shame. This was the sleeper hit of 1997, and deserves mention just for showing that Ernie Dingo isn't always an annoying twit. Seriously though, Bryan Brown is scarily good in this, and the questions the movie poses are as relevant today as they were 100 years ago. Should white man's laws supersede the black man's? And when? Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Nicely acted piece, particularly by actor Aaron Pedersen, cannot overcome the convoluted and sometimes heavy-going drama film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member moving story of a town where the combined laws of white and black Australia rule... where the familiar understanding of how Aboriginal people believe that being imprisoned is like being dead anyway... It shows that relations between white and black still are not understood yet not fully excepted... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Ray Lorkin (Bryan Brown), chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simmering tensions between the area's Aboriginal Australians and white settlers are on the verge of erupting. When it's discovered that Kate (Angie Milliken), the white wife of local schoolteacher Les (Lewis Fitz-Gerald), has despoiled a sacred site by secretly meeting her Aboriginal lover, Tony (Aaron Pedersen), there, a shocking murder threatens to rip the small town apart.
      Director
      Nick Parsons
      Screenwriter
      Nick Parsons
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 43m
      Sound Mix
      Surround