Overview

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.

Cast

Jenny Agutter

Girl

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Luc Roeg

White Boy

David Gulpilil

Black Boy

John Meillon

Man

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Robert McDarra

Man

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Peter Carver

No Hoper

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John Illingsworth

Young Man

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Hilary Bamberger

Woman

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Barry Donnelly

Australian Scientist

Noeline Brown

German Scientist

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Carlo Manchini

Italian Scientist