From Cannes Film Festival, Golden Palm nominated director Nicolas Roeg (Don't Look Now, The Witches) this is a must see classic. Basically a high school female student (The Railway Children's Jenny Agutter) and her younger brother (Luc Roeg, son of the director) (we never hear their names) are taken for a drive by their geologist father in the outback of Sydney, Australia. Without warning he starts shooting at them, and when they hide he sets the car on fire before killing himself. Now the sister and brother are stranded, and they are walking across this land hoping to find help. On their journey, they meet and are guided by an Aborigine youth (David Gulpilil), who is himself on "walkabout", a banishment ritual from his tribe. He helps them live off the seemingly arid land, e.g. how to get water, and hunting for food, and we mainly see the differences on culture between the girl and the youth. Eventually they do reach a place for help, and it skips to a while later, but she imagines what life could have been like if she, her brother and the youth were still in the outback, naked playing in a deep pool. The landscapes in this film are extraordinary, and the creatures that inhabit it are good too. What is also good about this film is the interesting use of camera-work, in moments documentary style; and editing, tiny points where you see the screen turn into pages turning, flashing images (of a butcher) appear when the youth is killing an animal, and freeze frames. It was number 17 on Film 4's 50 Films To See Before You Die. Very good!