Three mismatched blokes are stranded in the Australian desert.Three mismatched blokes are stranded in the Australian desert.Three mismatched blokes are stranded in the Australian desert.
- Awards
- 8 wins & 16 nominations
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Deborah Mailman
- Lisa
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film began as a response to 'The Lexus & The Olive Tree' by Thomas Friedman, the New York Times writer responsible for defining globalisation for much of the West, and took its form and inspiration from several true stories, played out on the remote coastline of Western Australia between the years 1989-1992.
- Quotes
Youssif Al-Samer: If this is such a great country, why haven't we heard of their football team?
- ConnectionsEdited into Terror Nullius (2018)
Featured review
Unique, poignant and political
This film is without comparison. It stands outside genres because it is without formula. It demands that each viewer approaches it with our own native intelligence turned on to Go mode - as if we too are in the desert without a compass. We are compelled to sense out the tone, intention and stand point of the film with few clues other than a kind of "existential compassion". Curiously, and perhaps with a lazy dingo's ear to what the rest of the audience is doing, we find our ways with it effortlessly and quickly. We learn that the story speaks for itself through the uncompromising performances of the cast, the landscape and the narrative ("whose" performance we are reminded of in the visual use of sub titles). Added to this is a heart wrenching quality of ephemeral beauty - the quality of light, the sound track which is at times indistinguishable from the landscape, the loving clip on the ear, the joy of fresh water. It is about human rights to exist - but as measured across disinterested (is it?) geography rather than indignant legislation. That is, the measure of existence is three water bottles plus whatever happens to arrive to save the day, popping as it were, out of nowhere, and with no promises. We learn the power of endurance, cooperation, betrayal, foolishness and the synergy of happen chance. Tiny human attributes in a vast meaningless cosmology. This film has the hallmark of great artistic work: an original expression of a love of life and humanity.
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- sg-104
- Apr 2, 2007
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Счастливые мили
- Filming locations
- Coffin Bay, South Australia, Australia(landing beach)
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Box office
- Budget
- A$3,100,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $572,171
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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