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Burning Man (N/A)

Name: Burning Man
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Genre: drama film
Duration: 110 min
Cast: Kerry Fox, Rachel Griffiths, Marta Dusseldorp, Lech Mackiewicz, Gia Carides

⏱ 110 min drama film

Plot

2011 film by Jonathan Teplitzky

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Why Watch This

Burning Man offers a stark, sun‑bleached portrait of an Australian outback community grappling with grief and buried secrets. Its slow‑burn tension and the haunting annual “Burning Man” ceremony serve as a powerful metaphor for personal rebirth.

Best For

Drama fans, Australian cinema lovers, Women‑focused narratives, Slow‑burn storytelling, Film‑festival enthusiasts

The CinePearl Take

Kerry Fox delivers a searing performance as the matriarch whose stoic exterior masks a lifetime of pain, anchoring the film’s emotional core. Jonathan Teplitzky’s deliberate pacing lets the desert’s oppressive heat become a character in its own right, amplifying the sense of isolation. The thematic interplay between destruction and renewal—embodied in the titular ceremony—gives the story a lyrical, if uneven, resonance.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Cast: Kerry Fox, Rachel Griffiths, Marta Dusseldorp, Lech Mackiewicz, Gia Carides, Bojana Novaković, Kate Beahan, Essie Davis, Matthew Goode
Writer: Jonathan Teplitzky

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