Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Everlyn Sampi | ... | Molly Craig | |
Tianna Sansbury | ... | Daisy Craig Kadibill | |
![]() |
Laura Monaghan | ... | Gracie Fields |
David Gulpilil | ... | Moodoo | |
![]() |
Ningali Lawford | ... | Maud - Molly's Mother |
![]() |
Myarn Lawford | ... | Molly's Grandmother |
Deborah Mailman | ... | Mavis | |
Jason Clarke | ... | Constable Riggs | |
Kenneth Branagh | ... | A.O. Neville | |
![]() |
Natasha Wanganeen | ... | Nina, Dormitory Boss |
Garry McDonald | ... | Mr. Neal at Moore River | |
Roy Billing | ... | Police Inspector | |
![]() |
Lorna Lesley | ... | Miss Thomas (as Lorna Leslie) |
![]() |
Celine O'Leary | ... | Miss Jessop |
![]() |
Kate Roberts | ... | Matron at Moore River |
Western Australia, 1931. Government policy includes taking half-white, half-Aboriginal children from their Aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to what amounts to indentured servitude, "to save them from themselves." Molly, Daisy, and Grace (two sisters and a cousin who are fourteen, ten, and eight) arrive at their Gulag and promptly escape, under Molly's lead. For several days they walk north, following a fence that keeps rabbits from settlements, eluding a native tracker and the regional constabulary. Their pursuers take orders from the government's "Chief Protector of Aborigines", A.O. Neville, blinded by Anglo-Christian certainty, evolutionary world view, and conventional wisdom. Can the girls survive? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
Few films have garnered so much applause (from critics and public alike) with so little. The plot of "Rabbit Proof Fence" can be found elsewhere on this website. Suffice it to say it's about three girls walking and walking and walking and walking and....across some of the most visually austere country on the planet; the Aussie outback. There's little story behind the film, zilch for Hollywood tinsel, and a minimal cast of relative unknowns (except for Branagh's small role). It would be easy to make the case that this film is one long boring flick. However, it would also be easy to make the case it is a beautifully filmed story of courage, determination, and the triumph of the human spirit. I would argue the latter. (B+)