Following his critically acclaimed masterpiece "Picnic at Hanging Rock", Peter Weir presents us with this surrealist psychological drama which opens with a freak hailstorm in Australia's outback which gives a sense of foreboding, though the sun shines and young children play cricket as usual during recess at school.
All of Peter Weir’s films defy simple definitions of reality. But "The Last Wave" goes further, insisting on the tangible power of spiritual life. The plot line follows a Sydney corporate tax lawyer, David, who takes on a legal aid case involving a group of aboriginals accused of murdering a man outside their tribe. While the black men assure David that they are innocent, they refuse to divulge evidence that could save their lives. They fear something more terrifying than death, David figures, and he commits himself to discover what and why.
Which is all I am prepared to tell you. To find out the rest, you have to watch the movie. (If you want to buy the DVD, go to Film Classics.)
