Balibo (2009)

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111 min - Drama | Mystery | Thriller - 13 August 2009 (Australia)

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War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos-Horta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	Bea Viegas	...	Juliana
	Christine Martins	...	Juliana's Child
	Ana Rosa Mendoça	...	Juliana's Child
	Mazarela Martins	...	Juliana's Child
	Nazário Baptista	...	Juliana's Child
	Michael Stone	...	Interviewer
	Jose Belo	...	Interviewer's Assistant
	Anamaria Barreto	...	Young Juliana
	Nick Farnell	...	Ken White
	Anthony LaPaglia	...	Roger East
	Ella Watson-Russell	...	Secretary
	Oscar Isaac	...	José Ramos-Horta
	Simon Stone	...	Tony Maniaty
	Tom Wright	...	Brian Peters (as Thomas Wright)
	Julia Pratt	...	Brian Peter's Girlfriend

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As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifies and an unlikely friendship develops between the last foreign correspondent in East Timor and the man who will become President. BALIBO is a political thriller that tells the true story of crimes that have been covered up for over thirty years. Written by Balibo Film Pty Ltd

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