Like in the Biblical story to which “Samson & Delilah” alludes, the cutting of one’s hair is a dramatic act. But in the aboriginal Outback of Australia, it’s not so much physical strength one loses as emotional.
Here, it’s Delilah (Marissa Gibson) who saws her locks off after her beloved grandmother dies, symbolizing her new vulnerability. She and Nana (Gibson’s real-life stepgrandmother Mitjili Gibson) had been subsisting on what money they could make from their colorful pointillist paintings (actually painted by Mitjili Gibson). Despite the diligent administration of medication and daily trips to the health clinic, Nana inevitably passes away, and Delilah is blamed and beaten for her “neglect.”
Samson (Rowan McNamara), the mute huffer (his inhalant of choice is gasoline) who’s been hanging around, steals a vehicle and whisks her away to the city. With no money and no place to stay, though, they end...
Here, it’s Delilah (Marissa Gibson) who saws her locks off after her beloved grandmother dies, symbolizing her new vulnerability. She and Nana (Gibson’s real-life stepgrandmother Mitjili Gibson) had been subsisting on what money they could make from their colorful pointillist paintings (actually painted by Mitjili Gibson). Despite the diligent administration of medication and daily trips to the health clinic, Nana inevitably passes away, and Delilah is blamed and beaten for her “neglect.”
Samson (Rowan McNamara), the mute huffer (his inhalant of choice is gasoline) who’s been hanging around, steals a vehicle and whisks her away to the city. With no money and no place to stay, though, they end...
- 10/15/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Year: 2009
Directors: Warwick Thornton
Writers: Warwick Thornton
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Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Another film from Liff that’s difficult to categorize - Samson and Delilah is a kind of drama, love story and tale of life on the poverty line for the two eponymous teenagers. Samson spends his days in a constant chemical haze as he sniffs glue and paint, while Delilah cares for her grandmother; in their quiet village in the Australian outback. Delilah’s Nana paints Aboriginal art-work to pay the bills, as the landlord takes them into the city to sell for a profit, while Samson lives with his brothers whose band practice plays over village life almost 24/7.
Samson follows Delilah as she takes her Nana to the local clinic for medication, and after he kills a kangaroo, takes the carcass to her home as a gift. He writes graffiti on the...
Directors: Warwick Thornton
Writers: Warwick Thornton
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Another film from Liff that’s difficult to categorize - Samson and Delilah is a kind of drama, love story and tale of life on the poverty line for the two eponymous teenagers. Samson spends his days in a constant chemical haze as he sniffs glue and paint, while Delilah cares for her grandmother; in their quiet village in the Australian outback. Delilah’s Nana paints Aboriginal art-work to pay the bills, as the landlord takes them into the city to sell for a profit, while Samson lives with his brothers whose band practice plays over village life almost 24/7.
Samson follows Delilah as she takes her Nana to the local clinic for medication, and after he kills a kangaroo, takes the carcass to her home as a gift. He writes graffiti on the...
- 11/17/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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