''Lucky Country'', also titled ''Dark Frontier'', is a 2009 Australian film starring

Aden Young Aden Young (born 30 November 1971) is a Canadian-Australian actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Daniel Holden in the SundanceTV drama ''Rectify'', for which he was twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor ...

and

Toby Wallace Toby Wallace (born 6 June 1995) is a British-born Australian actor, known for his role in '' Babyteeth'' (2019), for which he won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and the AACTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role in ...

Plot summary

Set in 1902, the

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has been established for one year. Twelve-year-old Tom's beloved father Nat has dragged him and his sister Sarah to an isolated farm at the edge of the woods. However, Nat's dream of living off the land has died, as he loses his sanity. When three ex-soldiers arrive at their cabin one night, Tom, like his father, believes they are providence. But their presence becomes more menacing when one of them reveals a secret: he's found gold. As the lure of gold infects everyone around him the cabin becomes a psychological battleground in which Tom's loyalty is put to the ultimate test.

Production

The film was shot in

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in late 2008.Anders Wotzke, "Interview with director Kriv Stenders of ‘Lucky Country’", ''Moviedex'', 14 July 2009
Retrieved 13 November 2012

References

External links

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Press kit for film
Australian Western (genre) films 2000s English-language films Films set in 1902 Films directed by Kriv Stenders 2009 Western (genre) films 2000s Australian films {{2000s-Australia-film-stub