Sweet Country
“Justice itself is put on trial”
In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.
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Cast
18 people
Hamilton Morris
Sam Kelly
Known for
Territory
Bryan Brown
Sergeant Fletcher
Known for
Cocktail
F/X
Sam Neill
Fred Smith
Known for
Jurassic Park
Peaky Blinders
Thomas M. Wright
Mick Kennedy
Known for
Top of the Lake
The Bridge
Ewen Leslie
Harry March
Known for
Sleeping Beauty
The Luminaries
Matt Day
Judge Taylor
Known for
Wolf Creek
The Beast
Gibson John
Archie
Known for
Territory
Natassia Gorey Furber
Lizzie
Known for
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Anni Finsterer
Nell
Known for
Secret City
The Gloaming
Tremayne Doolan
Philomac
No other roles listed
Trevon Doolan
Philomac
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Shanika Cole
Lucy
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Warwick Thornton Director · David Tranter Writer Steven McGregor Writer
United States release April 6, 2018 · Produced in Australia · Production Sweet Country Films
Production
Bunya Productions
Production
Sweet Country Films
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · September 6, 2017
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Australia · January 25, 2018
Theatrical
United States · April 6, 2018
Theatrical
United States
October 20, 2017 · Premiere · Philadelphia International Film Festival
November 11, 2017 · Premiere · AFI Fest
January 10, 2018 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
January 19, 2018 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
April 13, 2018 · Premiere · Cleveland International Film Festival
Australia
October 7, 2017 · Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival
Austria
October 29, 2017 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival)
Canada
September 8, 2017 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Denmark
August 9, 2018 · Theatrical
France
June 15, 2018 · Digital
Germany
September 27, 2018 · Theatrical
Greece
November 8, 2017 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
September 13, 2018 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 19, 2018 · Theatrical
India
October 14, 2017 · Premiere · Mumbai Film Festival
Ireland
February 24, 2018 · Premiere · Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
March 9, 2018 · Theatrical
Luxembourg
February 22, 2018 · Premiere · Luxembourg City Film Festival
Netherlands
January 27, 2018 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)
February 1, 2018 · Premiere · IFFR in Groningen
March 15, 2018 · Theatrical
October 23, 2018 · Physical · DVD
Norway
February 16, 2018 · Theatrical
Poland
November 16, 2017 · Premiere · Camerimage Film Festival
Russia
April 19, 2018 · Premiere · Moscow International Film Festival
Serbia
February 24, 2018 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
Slovenia
November 9, 2017 · Premiere · Ljubljana International Film Festival
South Korea
October 14, 2017 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
Sweden
January 28, 2018 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
United Arab Emirates
December 8, 2017 · Premiere · Dubai International Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 12, 2017 · Premiere · London Film Festival
February 26, 2018 · Premiere · Glasgow Film Festival
March 9, 2018 · Theatrical
July 9, 2018 · Physical
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