| Dead Heart | |
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| Directed by | Nick Parsons |
| Written by | Nick Parsons |
| Starring | Bryan Brown Ernie Dingo David Gulpilil Aaron Pedersen John Jarratt |
| Release date(s) | 1996 (AUS), 1997 (USA) |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Dead Heart is a 1996 Australian film. It was written and directed by Nick Parsons and starred Bryan Brown, Angie Milliken, Ernie Dingo, Aaron Pedersen and John Jarratt.[1]
The story is set in the isolated Outback, mainly Aboriginal town of Wala Wala, where an Aboriginal man is found dead in the local police lock up. The film explores the strained and complex relations between the people of the town in the aftermath, amidst growing tensions of forbidden love, sacrilege and murder. Bryan Brown plays the hardboiled local policeman and Ernie Dingo plays the idealistic local Aboriginal Christian pastor. Each of the characters is confronted with how to reconcile Aboriginal tradition with contemporary Australia.
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The film gained three Australian Film Institute Awards nominations: "Best Achievement in Sound", "Best Original Music Score" and "Best Screenplay, Adapted".
The film won the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for "Best Screenplay".