The Last Wave

The Last Wave

Hasn't the weather been strange...could it be a warning?

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Release Date

12/15/1977

Runtime

106 mins

Overview

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$825,000

Revenue

$2,124,250

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A lawyer's investigation into an Aboriginal murder case pulls him into a dreamlike spiral where the boundaries between rationality and mysticism dissolve. What begins as a courtroom procedural transforms into an apocalyptic vision that questions the very foundations of his reality.

Mood

ParanoidUnsettlingDread-soakedWistful

Themes

IdentityFaithColonialismMortality

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

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Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Racial violence

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