In a Savage Land (1999)
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- 116 mins
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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:
Rufus Sewell also in The Last King , She Creature , Uncorked , Dark City , The Very Thought of You , Dangerous Beauty
Max Cullen also in Billy's Holiday , Starstruck , My Brilliant Career , The Nugget , Lightning Jack
John Howard also in Heart of the High Country , Young Einstein , The Club , Jindabyne , Japanese Story
Andrew S. Gilbert also in Look Both Ways , Dirty Deeds , The Dish , Rabbit-Proof Fence , Ned Kelly
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