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Stranded (2006)
, 52minutesOrigin Australie
Genres Drama
Actors Emma Lung, Emily Browning, Kodi Smit-McPhee
, 26minutesDirected by Anthony Lucas
Origin Australie
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Horror, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about viral outbreaks, Steampunk films
Actors Joel Edgerton, Helmut Bakaitis, Tommy Dysart, Lewis Fiander
Jasper Morello (Joel Edgerton), is deployed by the government to distribute mobile weather beacons along the route of his next voyage. The cocoons are brought aboard the ship. After Jasper discovers that one of them has hatched, Dr. Belgon reveals to him that he discovered that the creature lives on human blood, and that the other creatures have died from starvation. Belgon explains that he has been feeding the remaining creature with his own blood, as it is the last chance they have. Jasper insists to tell the Captain, but Belgon convinces him that if the crew gets to know, they'll kill the creature and with it, the cure for Jasper's wife. The next day, a crewmember goes missing. The crew concludes that he fell overboard and mourn him. As another member goes missing, Jasper becomes suspicious and looks into the creature's room, where he finds the monster devouring the missing man. He is then ambushed and sedated by Dr.
Travellers and Magicians (2003)
, 1h50Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about Buddhism, Road movies
Actors Neten Chokling
A young government official named Dondup (played by Tshewang Dendup) who is smitten with America (he even has a denim gho) dreams of escaping there while stuck in a beautiful but isolated village. He hopes to connect in the U.S. embassy with a visa out of the country. He misses the one bus out of town to Thimphu, however, and is forced to hitchhike and walk along the Lateral Road to the west, accompanied by an apple seller, a Buddhist monk with his ornate, dragon-headed dramyin heading to Thimphu, a drunk, a widowed rice paper maker and his daughter Sonam (played by Sonam Lhamo).
Paradise Found (2003)
, 1h33Directed by Mario Andreacchio
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Seafaring films, Peinture, Transport films
Actors Kiefer Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Alun Armstrong, Chris Haywood, Nicholas Hope
The film covers a later part of Gauguin's life (from 1880 to 1897) when he resigned his job as a stockbroker to paint full-time and journey to Polynesia. It documents how Gaugin befriended Pissarro, felt compelled to paint, abandoned his family and then chronicled his love of Tahitian life.
The Dish (2000)
, 1h41Directed by Rob Sitch
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Space adventure films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about the Apollo program, Sur la Lune, Sur la Lune
Actors Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton, Roy Billing, Bud Tingwell
The radio telescope at Parkes (Parkes Observatory), New South Wales, Australia, was used by NASA throughout the Apollo program to receive signals in the Southern Hemisphere, along with the NASA Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station near Canberra.
The Cup (1999)
, 1h33Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Sports films, Films about Tibet, Association football films, Films about Buddhism
Actors Neten Chokling, Jamyang Lodro
Alors que la Coupe du monde de football 1998 est disputée en France, Palden et Nyima, deux jeunes tibétains ayant fui leur pays arrivent dans un monastère bouddhiste au nord de l'Inde. Ils y reçoivent leur ordination à la vie monastique, mais celle-ci va rapidement laisser place à la passion du football. Palden se retrouve entraîné par Orgyen, son camarade de chambre, à regarder la nuit le match des quarts de finale dans le village voisin. Sur le chemin du retour, ils sont pris sur le fait par le geko, le maître de discipline du monastère, qui les punit. Avec l’approche de la finale, Orgyen réussit, non sans peine, à autoriser la diffusion de la finale de la Coupe du Monde au monastère. Ne possédant cependant pas de télévision, une course contre la montre commence afin de récolter assez d’argent pour en louer une. Après de nombreux obstacles, les résidents du monastère réussissent finalement par regarder la finale France-Brésil tous ensemble.
Napoleon (1995)
, 1h20Directed by Mario Andreacchio
Origin Australie
Genres Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jamie Croft, Philip Quast, Olivia Hack, Anne-Louise Lambert, Adam Wylie, Bronson Pinchot
The story begins in Sydney, Australia, where Napoleon aka "Muffin", is living with a human family and his own mother. Napoleon wishes to be with the wild dogs he can hear howling in the distance. The family has a birthday party and one of the decorations is a basket with balloons strapped to it. Out of curiosity, Napoleon hops inside but the basket, untied from its tether begins to float.
The Well (1997)
, 1h41Directed by Samantha Lang
Origin Australie
Genres Drama
Actors Pamela Rabe, Miranda Otto, Paul Chubb, Frank Wilson, Steve Jacobs, Jennifer Kent
The film is about a young girl named Katherine and her older friend Hester who live on an isolated farm run by Hester and her father Francis. Katherine works as a maid and wants to leave because there's too much work. Hester, however, becomes attracted to Katherine and holds her there, promising to give her less work in the future. When Francis dies, Hester decides to sell the farm for cash. They move to small cottage on the edge of the farm and plan to go to Europe. But a tragic accident and the theft of their money change their plans.
Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
, 1h54Directed by Rolf de Heer
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films
Actors Nicholas Hope
Bubby is a 35-year-old man who has never set foot outside his mother's dingy apartment in the back of a printing press in an industrial area of Adelaide. In addition to beating and sexually abusing him, she confines him to the apartment, telling him that the air outside is poisonous and telling him he will die if he tries to leave. Bubby eventually escapes, joins up with a rock band, and embarks on a journey of self-discovery and shocking mayhem.
Howling III: The Marsupials (1987)
, 1h34Directed by Philippe Mora
Origin Australie
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Barry Otto, Frank Thring, Carole Skinner, Dagmar Bláhová, Glenda Linscott, Barry Humphries
In this movie, Australian werewolves have evolved separate from the rest of the werewolf population. They are marsupials - the female werewolves give birth to partly developed young which then makes its way to a pouch for further development.
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
, 1h48Directed by David Hemmings
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Tony Sparks, George Peppard, Donald Pleasence, Bruno Lawrence
Gibbie Gibson (Donald Pleasence) has discovered a World War II-era plane wreck in the mountains of New Zealand. When his discovery gets around town, Gibson, his daughter Sally (Lesley Ann Warren), and his lodger Barney Whitaker (Ken Wahl) find trouble from a group of treasure hunters led by a Mister Theo Brown (George Peppard), who are intent on finding the cache of money they believe is on the wreck.
The Comeback (1980)
, 1hOrigin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Horror
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger explique comment il lui a fallu reprendre l'entraînement afin de concourir une septième fois pour le titre de Mr Olympia, qu'il a déjà remporté lors de précédentes éditions.
Little Boy Lost (1978)
, 1h30Origin Australie
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Tony Barry, Don Crosby - George Wallace Donald Crosby, John Hargreaves, Steve Dodd, James Elliott, John Jarratt
The film is based on the true story of a missing Australian child, Stephen Walls (played by Dawes). After his disappearance, a massive search is organized across the Guyra area as its citizens spring into action.
Summerfield (1977)
, 1h35Directed by Ken Hannam
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Nick Tate, Elizabeth Alexander, John Waters, Bud Tingwell, Geraldine Turner, Max Cullen
The story begins with Simon Robinson arriving in a small seaside community to take over as teacher at the local school. He makes the acquaintance of siblings Jenny and David Abbott (Alexander and Waters, respectively), and Jenny's daughter Sally, who live on the island estate of Summerfield. The discovery that his predecessor vanished without a trace and, that Sally has a rare blood disorder lead Simon to try to uncover the truth behind the mystery.
The Stowaway (1958)
, 1h33Directed by Ralph Habib, Lee Robinson
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Martine Carol, Karlheinz Böhm, Roger Livesey, Serge Reggiani, Arletty, James Condon
A group of adventurers compete with one another to find the missing heir Rene Marechal, thought to be near Tahiti. Major Owens, a middle aged Englishman with a shady past, discovers the island on which Marechal lives but is murdered by the criminal Mougins.