神秘的河
影片主演:奥利弗·杰森-科恩,莎拉·斯努克,Brendan,Guerin
影片类型:海外剧
影片导演:Daina,Reid
影片地区:其它
影片年份:2015
WilliamThornhill,anilliterateThamesbargemanandamanofquicktemperbutdeepfeelings,stealsaloadoftimberandistransportedtoNewSouthWalesin1806.Likemanyoftheconvicts,hespardonedwithinafewyearsandsettlesontheb
anksoftheHawkesburyRiver.PerhapstheGovernorgrantshimthelandorperhapshejusttakesit-theHawkesburyisattheextremeedgeofsettlementatthattimeandnormalrulesdontapply.Howeverhegetstheland,itsprimeriverfrontacreage.Itlookscertaintomakehimrich.Theresjustoneproblemwiththatland:itsalreadyowned.ItsbeenpartoftheterritoryoftheDarugpeopleforperhapsfortythousandyears.Theyhaventleftfencesorroadsorhouses,buttheyliveonthatlandanduseit,justassurelyasThornhillsplanningtodo.Theyarentgoingtohandovertheirlandwithoutafight.Spearsmaybeprimitiveweapons,butsettlersknowthattheycankillamanassurelyasaballofleadfromamusket.Asherealisesallthis,Thornhillfacesanimpossiblechoice.Someofhisneighbours-SmasherSullivan,SagittyBirtles-regardtheDarugashardlyhuman,savageswithaslittlerighttolandasadog.WhentheDarugobjecttobeingdrivenoff,thosesettlershavenocompunctioninshootingorpoisoningthem.Otherneighboursmakeadifferentchoice,andfindwaystoco-existwiththeDarug.Blackwoodhasmadeafamilyamongthem.MrsHerringgivesthemwhentheyask.Hostilitybetweenblacksandwhitesgraduallyescalates.FinallyagroupofsettlersdecidestogooutandsettletheDarugforonceandforall.WillThornhilljointhem?Thedecisionhemakesiswithhimfortherestofhislife....显示详情