In a Savage Land (1999)
Synopsis of In a Savage Land
Australian director Bill Bennett sets this exploration of sexual politics and cultural differences against the stunning vistas of the Trobriand Islands. In it, two anthropologists travel to a remote island in the South Pacific to study its culture in the 1930s. Evelyn (Maya Stange) is an adventurous free thinker, while her husband Phillip (Martin Donovan) is a rigid scholar bound to convention and propriety. Tension develops between the couple when Phillip fails to acknowledge what Evelyn sees as obvious: that women run this lusty culture. Tensions are upped another notch when Evelyn falls for Mick (Rufus Sewell), a macho American pearl merchant. As Evelyn's life begins to crash in around her, the Japanese army invades her island paradise and tragedy strikes her priggish husband. In a Savage Land was screened at the 1999 Vancouver Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of In a Savage Land
- Martin Donovan - Philip Spence
- Max Cullen
- Andrew S. Gilbert
- Marshall Napier
- Rufus Sewell - Mick Carpenter
- John Howard
- Susan Lyons
- Director(s):
- Bill Bennett
- Writer(s):
- Bill Bennett, Jennifer Bennett
- Producer(s):
- Bill Bennett, Jennifer Bennett
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