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Article: Nuns, Chechens and Aborigines; Film festival.(Venice film festival)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- September 14, 2002
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Cruelties of the cloth
The right films won, mostly
THE jury at the Venice film festival gave its prizes with care this year, rewarding passion more than bluster, and human feeling more than skill, though it did miss two remarkable films.
One was "The Tracker", by a Dutch-born, Australian-based director, Rolf de Heer, who made his name in Venice nine years ago with "Bad Boy Bubby". Mr de Heer's new film, described by some as a western in the outback, is set in 1922 and features a three-man mounted posse hunting for an Aborigine, alleged to be a murderer. They are led, on foot, by an Aboriginal guide, played by David Gulpilil, an actor, dancer ...