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7.6
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Michael Thomsen
rated 9

Klassisk Britisk/Australsk film om tre børn/unge i den australske ødemark. Vilde billeder, og flot klipning!

4 years ago

Cast & Crew

Nicolas Roeg
Director
Jenny Agutter
As Girl
John Meillon
As Man
David Gulpilil
As Black Boy
Luc Roeg
As White Boy
Barry Donnelly
As Australian Scientist
Noeline Brown
As German Scientist
Carlo Manchini
As Italian Scientist

Frequently asked questions

What is Walkabout about? Toggle content

In the film Walkabout, two teenage siblings are stranded in the Australian outback after their father attempts to murder them and then takes his own life. They are rescued by an Aboriginal boy who is on his "walkabout," a traditional coming-of-age ritual. The film explores themes of survival, innocence, and the clash between modern society and the natural world. The abandoned children learn to fend for themselves and encounter the harsh realities of the wilderness, while the Aboriginal boy's tribal ways and rituals offer a contrast to their urban upbringing. The film has been interpreted as an allegory for the loss of innocence and the impossibility of returning to a primal state of nature.

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What movies are similar to Walkabout? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Walkabout include A Twelve Year Old Pirate, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Planet of the Apes, Che!, Pippi in the South Seas, Pippi Goes on Board.

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Walkabout was released in theaters on July 1, 1971.