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Wolfram

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Set some five years after Sweet Country, Wolfram continues our frontier story. After meeting child miners Max and Kid, Philomac decides they should escape their white masters' brutality by running away into desert country.

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Jonathan Romney Screen International Feb 24
Warwick Thornton delivers a film at once visually awe-inspiring and narratively under-fuelled. A quasi-sequel to his 2017 magisterial ‘outback Western’ Sweet Country­, it lacks that film’s taut narrative logic and sense of peril. Go to Full Review Ritesh Mehta IndieWire Feb 24
B-
It lands with gravitas and yields unexpected character dividends. If only the narrative functioned otherwise more conventionally, at least as thrill, tragedy, and catharsis go. Or at least you might find you wish it did. Go to Full Review David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter Feb 24
A four-chapter saga of escape, pursuit and survival, the film, for all its brutality, ultimately becomes less a lament for stolen lands and stolen children than a stirring account of endurance. Go to Full Review Peter Gray The AU Review 11h
3/5
It may not reach the stark, poetic heights of Samson and Delilah, but Wolfram stands as a powerful and visually arresting addition to Thornton’s body of work. Go to Full Review Grant Watson Fiction Machine 1d
10/10
Warwick Thornton, who with the retirement of Peter Weir is almost certainly Australia’s best living director, has a palpable understanding of the Australian bush. Go to Full Review Nadine Whitney The Curb Apr 22
Wolfram might be imperfect, but it is impactful and provides a window into the past through the consummate eye of one of Australia’s best, and most essential, storytellers. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Warwick Thornton

Director

Deborah Mailman

Actor

Erroll Shand

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Joe Bird

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Thomas Wright

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Matt Nable

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Movie Info

Synopsis Set some five years after Sweet Country, Wolfram continues our frontier story. After meeting child miners Max and Kid, Philomac decides they should escape their white masters' brutality by running away into desert country.
Director
Warwick Thornton
Producer
Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey
Screenwriter
Steven McGregor, David Tranter
Production Co
Bunya Productions
Genre
Adventure, Drama, Western
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 40m