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. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.
Robert Carlyle , Charles Dance , Kerry Fox , Colin Friels , Ben Mendelsohn , David Ngoombujarra , Rhys McConnochie , Bille Brown , John Gregg , Roy Billing
Scala Productions
