Rabbit-Proof Fence (DVDrip - 2002)

This is the true story of Molly Craig, a young aboriginal Australian girl who leads her younger sister and cousin in an escape from an official government camp, set up as part of an official government policy to train them as domestic workers and integrate them into white society. With grit and determination Molly guides the girls on an epic journey, one step ahead of the authorities, over 1,500 miles of Australia's outback in search of the rabbit-proof fence that bisects the continent and will lead them home. These three girls are part of what is referred to today as the "Stolen Generation".






This is a very powerful film from the wonderful Phillip Noyce (The Quiet American) and its based on the shameful history in Australia where aborigine children were taken by force from their families and tribes to camps and taught to be servants. In the film 3 sisters escape and venture to walk 1,500 miles back to their tribe. The title refers to a fenceline that stretches for thousands of miles and the girls follow it. The wonderful aborigine actor David Gulpilil (Walkabout) plays a scout that is tracking the girls and Kenneth Branaugh plays an officer that is in charge of the whole operation. I guess the main flaw in the film would be the middle where most of the walking takes place and the film really slows down but its not a major complaint. The 1,500 mile trek is expertly paced and the film is by no means dull. Rather, its fascinating! The real footage that we see at the end of the film is so powerful that the whole essence of what you have just watched becomes even more devastating. This is more than just an important film, its a documentation of an ugly and shameful part of Australian history.IMDB comment.






Generación robada.Trata la historia verídica de Molly Craig, una niña aborigen que se lleva consigo a su hermana menor y a su prima en su huida de una institución gubernamental establecida como parte de una política orientada a instruir a los niños aborígenes para devenir trabajadores domésticos, introduciéndoles así en la sociedad blanca. Armada de valor y determinación, Molly guía a las niñas en un viaje verdaderamente épico y siempre un paso por delante de las autoridades, a lo largo de más de 2.400 kilómetros del campo australiano, a la búsqueda del cercado de alambre a prueba de conejos que divide en dos la isla y que puede retornarlas a casa.






En 1931, à Jigalong, près du désert de Gibson, trois filles aborigènes vivent heureuses auprès de leurs mères : Molly, quatorze ans, sa cousine Gracie, dix ans, et sa soeur Daisy, huit ans. Sur ordre de Mr Neville, protecteur en chef des Aborigènes pour l'Australie occidentale, le constable Riggs arrache les fillettes à leur famille pour les transférer au camp de Moore River, situé à l'autre bout du continent.

Là-bas, les conditions de vie sont sinistres. Les enfants sont entassés dans d'immenses dortoirs, mal soignés, mal nourris. Molly décide de fuir avec Gracie et Daisy, et toutes les trois entament un périple de plus de 2 000 kilomètres...