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Where the Green Ants Dream

1984 · 100 min

A slow, contemplative clash of cultures that lingers in the mind with quiet, unsettling power.

Directed by: Werner Herzog
Genres: Drama
Starring: Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett

Overview: The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us all. The Aborigines' belief is not shared by a giant mining company, which wants to tear open the soil and search for uranium.

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Directed by: Werner Herzog
Genres: Drama
Starring: Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: colonialism
environment
justice
faith
power
Places: wilderness
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Written by: Werner Herzog
Starring: Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett, Norman Kaye, Ralph Cotterill, Bruce Spence, Nico Lathouris, Basil Clarke
Cinematography: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Runtime: 100 min
Country: Australia, Germany
Languages: English

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