44 Films & TV Shows Set In South Australia
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Never Too Late
South AustraliaLove isn't always on time. — It's been a long time since Caine, Bronson, Angus and Wendell—aka ‘The Chain Breakers'—escaped a torturous Vietnamese POW camp. They now find themselves sharing a new prison, The Hogan Hills Retirement Home for Returned Veterans. Each of the boys has an unrealised dream they want to achieve, so they band together to devise a plan to escape their new hell. But the rules of engagement have changed. In fact, they can’t even remember what they were—and that’s half the problem.
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Storm Boy
South Australia The 20th CenturyLet your heart soar — Storm Boy lives a lonely life with his reclusive father on a desolate coastline, but when he forms a close bond with a pelican, Mr. Percival, his life takes a new and unexpected turn.
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A Month of Sundays
South AustraliaFrank Mollard, divorced but still attached, can't move on and also can't sell a house in a property boom, much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary there – apart from the fact that she died the year before.
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The Babadook
South AustraliaIf it's in a word, or it's in a look, you can't get rid of the Babadook. — A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
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52 Tuesdays
South AustraliaOne day a week, every week for a year — Sixteen-year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans for gender transition, and their time together becomes limited to Tuesdays. This emotionally charged story of desire, responsibility, and transformation was filmed over the course of a year—once a week, every week, only on Tuesdays.
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Utopia
Western Australia South Australia Northern Territory New South Wales Australian Capital TerritoryAn epic story of struggle and resistance — Documentary by John Pilger looks at the awful truth behind white Australia's dysfunctional relationship with Indigenous Australians
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100 Bloody Acres
South AustraliaThey're not psycho killers, they're just small business operators. — Reg and Lindsay run an organic fertiliser business. They need a fresh supply of their "secret ingredient" to process through the meat grinder. Reg comes across two guys and a girl with a broken-down vehicle on their way to a music festival.
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Snowtown
South Australia The 1990sAustralia's most infamous crime story — Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
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Beautiful
South AustraliaGet me some secrets — After another teenager disappears from the idyllic suburb of Sunshine Hills, Suzy, the girl-next-door of every boy's dreams, persuades Daniel, a fourteen-year-old with an obsessive crush, to help her uncover the truth.
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The Boys Are Back
South AustraliaInspired by a true story. — When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents, he develops his own philosophies on parenting.
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December Boys
South Australia The 1960s The 2000sAfter that summer nothing would be the same. — For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend Mother sends the four boys away on a seaside vacation, where they meet Teresa and Fearless, a couple who would make perfect parents. The youths compete with one another to be the one Teresa and Fearless decide to adopt.
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2:37
South AustraliaSometimes being young is the toughest job of all. — At 2:37, someone commits suicide in the school lavatory. The day is told up to that point from the viewpoint of six different students.
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Opal Dream
South AustraliaSome things have to be believed to be seen — Pobby & Dingan are invisible. They live in an opal town in Australia and are friends with Kellyanne, the 9 year-old daughter of an opal miner. The film tells the story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby & Dingan, Kellyanne's imaginary friends, and the impact this has on her family and the whole town. The story is told through the eyes of Kellyanne's 11 years old brother Ashmol.
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The Caterpillar Wish
South AustraliaThis winter, one wish will change everything — A young girl's view on belonging and loss.
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Peaches
South AustraliaThis is the story of teenage girl Steph, who is brought up by her fiery aunt Jude after her pregnant mother Jass and Vietnamese father are killed in a car crash. The arrival of her late mother's diary reveals the colorful, sexy secrets of Jude and the foreman Alan that allow Steph to reinvent her vision of the world.
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Look Both Ways
South AustraliaDuring one unusually hot weekend, four friends struggle after hearing some life-changing news.
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Kangaroo Jack
New York South Australia Northern Territory The 1980s The 2000sHe Stole The Money... And He's Not Giving It Back. — Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go all wrong when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.
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Alexandra's Project
South AustraliaNot everyone loves surprises — Steve is a man who has it all, a successful career, wonderful children, beautiful home and a loving wife. However, returning to his home after work on his birthday, he finds his house deserted and darkened with almost all the lightbulbs missing, all easy access outside cut off and a videotape waiting for him. Playing that tape, he watches a bizarre and grueling recording in which his wife explains her grievance with him, her reasons for disappearing with the children and her revenge for how he treated her in a way he would never forget.
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Travelling Light
South Australia The 1970sSometimes the only way to find yourself, is to get a little lost — Set in the early 70s, Travelling Light follows the story of two sisters growing up in surburban Adelaide.
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Australian Rules
South AustraliaFriends Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) and Dumby Red (Luke Carroll) are on the same football team in their coastal Australian town. But to local racists, they're a world apart: Gary is white and Dumby is an Aborigine. This becomes an issue when one of the team's Aboriginal players becomes involved in a crime. In response, Dumby is demoted even though he's the star player, and Gary is given his place. Will Gary have the courage to speak out before tragedy results?
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Black and White
South Australia The 1950sOne man's conviction divided a nation — Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing and signs a statement that will send him to the gallows. With no Court of Appeal established in the country, and with a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics and the stain of institutional racism, the skills of his two gifted but naive defense lawyers are put to the test. Based on a true story.
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Spank!
South AustraliaPaulie returns to his hometown of Adelaide after spending three years in a monastery. Upon returning home, he finds his buddies have not grown up. Together, they decide to open a café.
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Kiss or Kill
South AustraliaLovers on the RUN . . . — Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After accidentally killing one of her victims with an overdose, Nikki and Al are on the run.
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Race the Sun
Hawaii South Australia Northern Territory The 1990sA dream can make all the difference under the sun. — A bunch of high school misfits in Hawaii, introduced by their new teacher, attend a science fair in which they draw up inspiration to build their own solar car and win a trip to compete in the 1990 World Solar Challenge in Australia.
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Parklands
South AustraliaSome mysteries are best left unsolved — Rosie returns to her home city on the death of her father, a former policeman. His diaries hint at corruption, and she also receives hints and veiled threats which support her suspicions. Rosie puzzles about who he was, and about her early life and relationship to him.
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