Summaries

An Australian cameraman inherits evidence his father witnessed a nuclear test's deadly impact on aborigines. His pursuit of justice risks angering powerful forces.

A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginies to be exposed to and killed by radiation. He begins a search for a secret that if true, his government has already killed people to keep quiet.—John Vogel <[email protected]>

Harvey Denton is just a good payed marketing cinematographer as one day some film material of his dead father is stolen from his flat. A.S.I.O., the australian security agency, begins to overshadow him. Denton realizes that there has to be a connection between his father's film material and the just begun inquiry about British nuclear tests back in the fifties in Australia. Is it true that the aborigines and military personal were intentionally exposed to nuclear radiation? All Denton knows is that his father filmed those tests with governmental commission and died while swimming in the ocean. At least that is the official ground...—Oliver Heidelbach

Details

Keywords
  • man wears eyeglasses
  • climbing through a window
  • murdered in an explosion
  • looking at a photograph
  • lying on a bed
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Drama
Release date Sep 30, 1987
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin Australia
Language English
Filming locations Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Production companies BDB Burrowes Film Group Hoyts Distribution

Box office

Budget $7000000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 49m
Sound mix Dolby
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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