Directed by:
Rachel PerkinsCinematography:
Andrew LesnieComposer:
Cezary SkubiszewskiCast:
Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy, Ernie Dingo, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Budge, Magda Szubanski, Ngaire Pigram, Deborah Mailman, Perun Bonser, Waangenga Blanco (more)Plots(1)
Going home never felt so good. It’s the summer of 1969 and young Willie (Rocky McKenzie) is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome, in the North of Western Australia - fishing, hanging out with his mates, and when he can, his girl Rosie (Jessica Mauboy). However his mother Theresa has great hopes for him and she returns him to the religious mission in Perth for further schooling. After being punished by Father Benedictus (Geoffrey Rush) for an act of youthful rebellion, Willie runs away from the mission. But to where... he’s too ashamed to go home, it will break his mother’s heart. Down on his luck he meets an old fella, who he calls ‘Uncle’ Tadpole (Ernie Dingo), and together they con a couple of hippies, Annie (Missy Higgins) and Slippery (Tom Budge), into taking them on the 2,500 km journey through spectacular landscape back to Broome. Willie learns the hard and funny lessons he needs to get home, all the while pursued by Father Benedictus. (Roadshow Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Rocky McKenzie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/061/162061064_67aaf6.jpg)
Rocky McKenzie
Best movies:
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
![Jessica Mauboy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/916/159916694_c6fae6.jpg)
Jessica Mauboy
Australia
Best movies:
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
The Sapphires (2012)
Ernie Dingo
Australia
Best movies:
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (1988)
Until the End of the World (1991)
![Geoffrey Rush](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/742/162742319_cc2fea.jpg)
Geoffrey Rush
Australia
Best movies:
Finding Nemo (2003)
The King's Speech (2010)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
![Tom Budge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/687/160687484_a6b278.jpg)
Tom Budge
Australia
Best movies:
The Proposition (2005)
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Candy (2006)
![Magda Szubanski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394719_7fd897.jpg)
Magda Szubanski
UK
Best movies:
Dr. Plonk (2007)
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Three Summers (2017)
Ngaire Pigram
Best movies:
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Mad Bastards (2010)
![Deborah Mailman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/545/163545134_6c0150.jpg)
Deborah Mailman
Australia
Best movies:
Lucky Miles (2007)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Perun Bonser
Best movies:
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Waangenga Blanco
Best movies:
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
The Turning (2013)
![Hunter Page-Lochard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/826/160826200_5929d5.jpg)
Hunter Page-Lochard
Australia
Best movies:
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
The Sapphires (2012)
Around the Block (2013)
![Ningali Lawford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/061/162061052_b67dad.jpg)
Ningali Lawford
Australia
Best movies:
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Last Cab to Darwin (2015)
![Missy Higgins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/061/162061067_be984c.jpg)
Missy Higgins
Australia
Best movies:
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Trevor Jamieson
Best movies:
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
The Furnace (2020)
Tony Briggs
Best movies:
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Healing (2014)
On the Nose (2001)
Kelton Pell
Best movies:
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Three Summers (2017)
Mad Bastards (2010)
Aaron Brand
Best movies:
Bran Nue Dae (2009)