Ten Canoes
90 minutes, 2006
Fri. Oct 13, 6:30PM, Rafael
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Sun. Oct 15, 3:15PM, Rafael
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In Ganalbingu and English with English subtitles • A narrator's voice begins, "Once upon a time in a land far, far away..." and then shifts, with a sly humor that grabs your heart: "No, it's not like that. It's not like your story–but it's a good story all the same." We are taken deep into the remote swamps of Australia, hundreds of years ago, where 10 men in 10 canoes head into a swamp to gather goose eggs. One of them, the youthful Dayindi, is in turmoil. He quite insistently covets one of the wives of his older brother. To teach him the proper ways, he is told a cautionary tale from the mythical past. And so Rolf de Heer's (The Quiet Room, MVFF 1996) two tales unfold, hilarious and deeply human, peopled by characters that are unforgettable and absolutely loveable�and proving that some stories speak to all people, in any time. — Z. Elton
Director: Rolf de Heer
Producer: Rolf de Heer, Julie Ryan
Screenwriter: Rolf de Heer
Cinematographer: Ian Jones
Editor: Tania Nehme
Cast: Crusoe Kurddal, Jamie Dayindi Gulpilil Dalaithngu, Richard Birrinbirrin, David Gulpilil
Print Source:
Palm Pictures
76 Ninth Avenue, Ste 1110
New York, NY , 10011
Tel: 212.320.3653
917-586-0252
Sponsor:
Qantas Airways
