Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.

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Cast

Jenny Agutter

Girl

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Luc Roeg

White Boy

David Gulpilil

Black Boy

John Meillon

Man

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Robert McDarra

Man

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Peter Carver

No Hoper

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John Illingsworth

Young Man

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Hilary Bamberger

Woman

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Barry Donnelly

Australian Scientist

Noeline Brown

German Scientist

Jenny Agutter — Girl

Jennifer Ann "Jenny" Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is an English film and television actress. She began her career as a child actress in the mid 1960s, starring in the BBC television series The Railway Children and the film adaptation of the same book, before moving on to adult roles and relocating to Hollywood.

David Gulpilil — Black Boy

David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM, known professionally as David Gulpilil and posthumously for cultural reasons as David Dalaithngu for three days, was an Aboriginal Australian (Yolŋu) actor and dancer, known for the films Walkabout, Storm Boy, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and The Tracker.