Rabbit-Proof Fence

2002Movie⏱️ 1h 34mPG🏆 #1689 Top Rated

AdventureBiographyDrama

⭐ 7.4

IMDB Rating

31,482 votes

Three Aboriginal girls journey 1,200 miles home.

Director

Phillip Noyce

Writers

Doris Pilkington, Christine Olsen

Stars

Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh

Release Date

January 31, 2003

Language

English, Aboriginal

Country

Australia

🏆 23

Wins

🎯 25

Nominations

💬 271

Reviews

📋 32.1K

Watchlists

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🎭 Top Cast

Everlyn Sampi

as Molly Craig

Tianna Sansbury

as Daisy Craig Kadibill

Kenneth Branagh

as A.O. Neville

👤

Laura Monaghan

as Gracie Fields

David Gulpilil

as Moodoo

Ningali Lawford

as Maud - Molly's Mother

👤

Myarn Lawford

as Molly's Grandmother

Deborah Mailman

as Mavis

Jason Clarke

as Constable Riggs

👤

Natasha Wanganeen

as Nina, Dormitory Boss

💰 Box Office

$16,220,968

Worldwide Gross

$6,199,600

Domestic Gross

$88,352

Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

2.35 : 1

Sound

DTS

Sound

Dolby Digital

Sound

SDDS

Color

Filming Location

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Production

Rumbalara Films, The Australian Film Commission, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)

🏷️ Keywords

stolen generationaustralian aborigineaustraliawestern australiaaboriginal

🎯 Categories

Coming-of-AgeDesert AdventureDocudramaPeriod DramaSurvivalAdventureBiographyDrama

⭐ Featured Review

True and important film!

by rosscinema • 2003-02-25

7/10

"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...."