10 canoes, 150 spears and 3 women

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Movie
German title 10 canoes, 150 spears and 3 women
Original title Ten Canoes
Country of production Australia
original language English ,
Ganalbingu
Publishing year 2006
length 91 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Rolf de Heer
script Rolf de Heer
production Rolf de Heer
Julie Ryan
camera Ian Jones
cut Tania take
occupation

10 Canoes, 150 Spears and 3 Women (orig. Ten Canoes ) is an Australian adventure film by Rolf de Heer from 2006. The premiere in Germany took place on August 9, 2007.

action

Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia at the time before the first settlement by the Europeans: A young Aborigine , Dayindi, feels drawn to the wife of his older brother Minygululu. The brother is calm. During the framework story, a hunt for geese in a swamp using bark canoes , he tells him an old story that is also about a man who coveted his brother's wife.

Ridjimiraril, a warrior, has three wives. His younger brother Yeeralparil still has no wife and desires the third (youngest) wife of his brother. One day a stranger appears from a neighboring tribe. The tribe believes the stranger is evil and wants to steal their souls. Soon after, Ridjimiraril's second wife disappeared. Ridjimiraril suspects the stranger to have stolen her. When the stranger is spotted near the village again, Ridjimiraril sneaks up on him from behind and kills him by throwing a spear . However, the victim is the wrong man, another member of the neighboring tribe. Ridjimiraril hides the body, but not well enough, it is found. The brother of the victim identified Ridjimiraril as the perpetrator by means of the spearhead and accused him.

In order to prevent a tribal war, the elders pass a judgment according to old custom, according to which the tribe of the victim may throw spears at the perpetrator. His younger brother helps him with this. Ridjimiraril and Yeeralparil skilfully avoid the hail of spears, but in the end Ridjimiraril is struck in the stomach by a spear. The tribe of the victim withdraws, justice is satisfied.

The wound is not immediately fatal and Ridjimiraril can still return to his village. There he is cared for by his eldest wife and eventually dies of the consequences of the injury. While his body is being ceremonially prepared, suddenly his missing second wife appears again in the village. She says that she was kidnapped by another tribe that lives further away. She was able to escape from there, but was on the road for months to return home.

In the end, Yeeralparil takes his brother's widows as his wife, following tribal custom. However, he, who was only interested in the youngest woman, now has to take care of all three women.

Reviews

“The drama, which is as poetic as it is visually powerful, is told entirely from the perspective of the Australian aborigines, whereby things of daily survival are on an equal footing with the archaic love metaphor. The timeless film has the power of a Shakespeare drama and, with a lot of humor, manages to bring the Aboriginal thought and value system closer. "

- Lexicon of international film

"The deliberately comical aspects of his film contribute in a carefree and somehow natural way to the entertainment value of a very interesting work."

- Filmstart.de

“This first Australian film, shot in the Aboriginal language, is unique: fascinating ethnographic observations, coupled with a plot that may, of course, frustrate some as an empty popcorn bag - because little happens. All the more beguiling the landscapes and faces that tell of life, love and the world. Dreamtime is what the Aborigines call their creation myth, and sometimes this film feels like a dream. "

- Cinema

“With '10 canoes, 150 spears and 3 women ', director Rolf de Heer tells an amusing and interesting anecdote from the historical life of the Aborigines. Unfortunately, he reminds his audience far too often that he actually wants to deliver a sophisticated work of art and that simply telling a simple story is obviously not enough for him. So in the end the film stretches out like chewing gum. "

- Filmstarts.de

"The ethnologically interesting film brings mythical stories of the Australian aborigines to life."

- Cinefacts.de

Awards

The film received awards at many festivals. The Australian Film Institute honored him with six AFI awards. At the Cannes Film Festival he won the special jury prize and the Grand Prix at the Flanders Film Festival in Ghent , Belgium .

background

The film was shot in the Northern Territory on a budget of $ 2.2 million. It was the first Australian cinema film to be shot entirely in a variety of Yolŋu Matha , the language of the Aborigines of north-eastern Arnhem Land . There is a version with subtitles and an audio version in which the narrator (David Gulpilil) tells the entire story in English.

The frame story is shot in black and white, while the story in the story is in color.

Jamie Gulpilil is the son of David Gulpilil, one of the few Aborigines to have made an international film career.

Rolf de Heer was supported by the Aboriginal Peter Djigirr, who also took on the role of the victim. Beverly Freeman served on many of the crew's staff. She worked as a costume designer, make-up artist, hairdresser, art director, set decorator and production designer.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 10 canoes, 150 spears and 3 women. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ FB: 10 canoes, 150 spears and three women. (No longer available online.) In: www.filmstart.biz. FILMSTART-Verlag, November 2007, archived from the original on October 27, 2007 ; Retrieved July 1, 2013 .
  3. ↑ - ( Memento from August 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/75379-10-Kanus,-150-Speere-und-3-Frauen.html
  5. ↑ http://www.cinefacts.de/kino/1092/10_kanus_150_speere_und_3_frauen/filmreview.html
  6. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466399/business