Charlie's Country - 2013 - Amazing Australian cinema

This film took me by surprise (although I decided to see it), mainly because of the purity and realism that manages to get out of this world so far from my Brazilian reality, but still, very common to so many people in a state of poverty. And the worst in that case, this almost unresolved melancholy of realizing that much of the poverty presented in Charlie's Country, by director Rolf de Heer, comes from the lack of harmony between the current, modern laws of Australian society (in some parts of the country probably greater than in others) and the culture of the aborigines, or better, what was left of that generation, which are now practically reminiscent of the tribes, and many, in the case of large cities, have become just homeless, with their vices and sufferings, trying to seek comfort in what little they have left. But before diving into an analysis of this, it is good to give a more "straight" synopsis of the film.

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Charlie's Country shows the internal and external struggle of Charlie, an Aboriginal who lives modern times with only a few remnants of his original habits and his relationship with his small community, which looks more like a housing estate made by the state to keep them out of trouble . Charlie,
like all the other aborigines registered in the housing and health system, he receives a monthly fee to survive, which he needs to share with his family (who he does not live with, prefers to set up his small camp and live on the fringe of what is normal in current times). Outraged by constant reprimands from the police (for hunting and other habits that were natural to him), he decides to set off on a kind of journey of self-knowledge to try to experience something similar to what his ancestors did and he knew he had it in his blood, but the today's world is much more difficult than it looks, Charlie will suffer a lot on this journey.

The film initially impresses by the choice of the theme and the actors, most of them true Aborigines, acting and living the way they really are, David Gulpilil's charisma in the role of Charlie is impressive and the film takes us on a roller coaster of emotions of affection the lump in the throat. By showing the confrontation of Charlie's worldview with the "rules" of the modern world, almost always expressed by police officers who, despite being friendly, are already tired of dealing "with these people", it is clear that there is no real harmony in the supposed help of the state with a monthly money and a little house. Perhaps for many of the "ex-aborigines" this would be enough, because after all, this is what is offered, and nothing more. And of course, there is the option for you to drop your identity and go on a bitter and straight journey in the big city, as shown to Charlie when he ends up venturing into the urban environment and befriends homeless people, he finds a companionship that he has been missing for a long time, but at the same time he struggles with the fact that to face all that, only with a lot of alcohol and living in the dark corners of the city.

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Seize the bitter theme of this endless search for a safe haven for a nation that is fragmented and dissolving in time, Charlie's Country is not too heavy a movie, despite drawing some tears, it does not have a pessimistic view of the world, and ends with a hopeful energy of finding factors and symbolisms that give us strength to find the personal path in the midst of everything that seems go against us. Charlie's journey is actually imaginable like the journey of any being, of any tribe, religion or country, who feels lost and seeking to find meaning as he saw in the old days.

I hope you enjoyed reading it, if you already know the film I would love your opinion, if not, be sure to see it,
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