Plot: Three young girls are brought to a camp, where the Australian government will raise them. The kids are half-castes, part White, part Aboriginal. The girls manage to escape and plan to return home. The outback is treacherous, so they stick to a seemingly never-ending fence that they hope will reunite them with their family.
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August 19, 2024
A fine film that documents one of Australia's poorer governmental choices. Usually, I'm not the biggest fan of these types of films, but the soundtrack is a positive standout, and Christopher Doyle's work as a cinematographer is also a boon. It's the presentation that makes Rabbit-Proof Fence worth my time.
The performances are nice too and the setup is pretty damning. The drama is a little on the nose though, and in lesser hands, this could've turned out to be bland Oscar fodder. Luckily Noyce keeps things more stylish, he also kept the runtime under 100 minutes, which deserves applause. A nice film, much better than expected.