Samson & Delilah (2009)

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Movie
German title Samson & Delilah
Original title Samson and Delilah
Country of production Australia
original language English , Warlpiri
Publishing year 2009
length 100 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Warwick Thornton
script Warwick Thornton
production Kath Shelper
music Warwick Thornton
camera Warwick Thornton
cut Roland Gallois
occupation
  • Rowan McNamara : Samson
  • Marissa Gibson : Delilah
  • Mitjili Napanangka Gibson: Nana
  • Scott Thornton: Gonzo
  • Matthew Gibson: Samson's brother
  • Steven Brown : Drummers
  • Gregwyn Gibson: bass player
  • Noreen Robertson Nampijinpa: Fighting Woman
  • Kenrick Martin: Boy in a wheelchair
  • Peter Bartlett : Shopkeeper

Samson & Delilah is the first feature film directed by Warwick Thornton . The main characters are Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson , who are both acting for the first time. The film was shot in and around Alice Springs , Australia . The director describes the film as a “survival love story”: It revolves around two 14 year old Aborigines who live in a rural community in central Australia and steal a car to escape their difficult life by looking for Alice Springs ride.

action

Samson and Delilah live in a remote desert village near Alice Springs . Samson lives alone (although he is still a minor) because his father is in prison. Delilah lives with her grandmother Nana. They make a living by painting Aboriginal art-style pictures that a vendor buys for $ 200 per picture. Instead, Samson only lives during the day and does not go to school either. He doesn't eat regularly and his only pastime is sniffing gasoline. Nana wants to pair Samson with Delilah. However, she shows no interest in him.

When her grandmother dies, Delilah falls into a deep hole. Her aunts also blame her for her death for allegedly not taking good care of her, and they beat her with sticks. Samson finds the injured Delilah, puts her in the community car and drives her to Alice Springs. There they find shelter under a bridge. There they meet the homeless Gonzo, who also lives here. He wants to talk to you, but you don't talk to him. When Gonzo annoys them that they have to say their name if they want to live together under the bridge, Samson speaks for the only time in the entire film. He gives him his name with a stutter.

During the day they wander through Alice Springs and look at the (for them foreign) city with its cafes, shops and department stores. When Delilah looks into the window of a gallery, she is horrified to find that there is a picture of her grandmother hanging there for $ 20,000. She realizes that the dealer cheated on her. She goes to a supermarket and steals a canvas and paint and paints a new picture under the bridge. She would like to sell this to tourists who, however, are not interested in the picture. When she tries to go back to the bridge, people pull her into a car and kidnap her. A few hours later she reappears under the bridge at Samson's, she was beaten up by her kidnappers.

When they are walking through town together again, Delilah, who is walking behind Samson, is run over by a car. Samson, who is deaf, doesn't notice anything. Under the bridge, he's worried because he thinks she's dead. He cries and mourns for her. A short time later, however, Delilah appears limping, with a crutch.

They are being driven back to their home village by another Aborigine. There both are insulted and chased away again for stealing the village car. You will find accommodation on an abandoned farm. Samson inhales gasoline fumes again, but overdoses and can no longer walk. Delilah puts him in a wheelchair. As he sits on the floor and the radio is on, he hears a music request from his father for him. It appears that he will be released from prison in six months. Samson smiles and the film ends.

background

The film entered the competition at the 2009 Cannes International Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard category and won the Caméra d'Or for best debut film.

Screen Australia announced on September 29, 2009 that the film has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.

Reviews

The film has a 94% positive rate on Rotten Tomatoes . The film received 5 stars from Australian film critics Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton.

“Against the backdrop of the biblical story about Samson and Delilah, the drama condenses the suffering of its protagonists, who in view of the social exclusion by the white 'Philistines' have nothing but escape into shared loneliness, into a visually powerful elegy about silent pain and unconditional affection . "

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Samson & Delilah . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2012 (PDF; test number: 130 964 K).
  2. ↑ Tim Kroenert: Australian Story. The Big Issue (327) April 21 - May 4, 2009.
  3. ^ Festival de Cannes: Samson and Delilah , accessed on May 17, 2009.
  4. ↑ Festival de Cannes: Awards 2009
  5. ↑ Aboriginal film 'Samson and Delilah' wins Cannes first film prize AFP May 24th
  6. ↑ Samson & Delilah to be considered for Oscar nomination The Age September 30, 2009.
  7. ↑ Samson and Delilah at rottentomatoes.com , accessed September 22, 2017.
  8. ↑ ABC : At the Movies: Samson & Delilah Review ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abc.net.au
  9. ↑ Samson & Delilah. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 22, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used