Samson and Delilah (2009 film)

Samson and Delilah is a 2009 Australian film and was directed by Warwick Thornton. It stars Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson, both young first time actors. It was filmed in and around Alice Springs. Described as a survival love story by the director, the film depicts two indigenous Australian 14yearolds living in a remote Aboriginal community who steal a car and escape their difficult lives by going to Alice Springs. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, winning the Camra dOr Gold Camera Award for best first feature film at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Screen Australia announced onSeptember 2009 that the film had been nominated as Australias official entry in the Academy Awards best foreign language film category.

Based on 48 reviews, the film holds a 94 Fresh rating on the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.810. The critical consensus states that Alternately beautiful and heartrending, Samson and Delilah is terrifically acted and shot, and presents a complex portrait of what it means to be Australian. Samson and Delilah received five stars from both Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton on At The Movies, and was the only film to receive such a rating from the hosts in 2009.Craig Mathieson of SBS awarded the directors debut feature film four stars out of five, commenting that the picture has an intrinsic sweetness, a genuine belief in the power of an individuals love, but it is offset by a brutal worldview. ........

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