Samson & Delilah (2009)

6.3	Listal rating
6.9	IMDB rating

Directed by

Warwick Thornton

Starring (View all)

Rowan McNamara

Samson

Marissa Gibson

Delilah

Mitjili Napanangka Gibson

Nana

Scott Thornton

Gonzo

Matthew Gibson

Samson's Brother / Verandah Band

Peter Bartlett

Store Manager

Noreen Robertson Nampijinpa

Community Lady

Kenrick Martin

Wheelchair Boy

Written by

Warwick Thornton

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11 months, 1 week ago at Jun 13 6:49

judmac1

This is a very good film, but it runs very slowly and never seems to pick up the pace. You can't exactly call it a feel good film, nor call it the 'Best Australian Film of all time' as many call it, but it stills successfully gets the message across.

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Release date : 7 May 2009

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“This is a very good film, but it runs very slowly and never seems to pick up the pace. You can't exactly call it a feel good film, nor call it the 'Best Australian Film of all time' as many call it, but it stills successfully gets the message across.” read more

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"We're introduced in Samson and Delilah, as if waking from a hard sleep, to a village in a hyper-sensualized Australian outback, and lulled into its circadian rhythms—the painfully sharp sunbeams, the inebriating aroma of petrol, the lazy ska rehearsals chopping through the aridity. And we watch, as if from a nearby tin shack, the brain-dulled Samson (Rowan McNamara) court local beauty Delilah (Marissa Gibson), but the kid can't even build a fire; we shake our heads when the two clumsily steal "