Where adventure and romance was a way of life, Australia

“It was also a place where aboriginal children or mixed-race were taken by force from their families and trained for service in white society. These children became known as the stolen generation.”

This film deals with the delicate issue of the Stolen Children. As I mentioned before, this generation was taken out from their aboriginal families by Australian Government and some religious community, between approximately 1869 and 1969. They kidnapped them in order to bring up and educate them as white people. One reason behind that removal of children, was the desire to get white racial purity. Until 2008 the Prime Minister of Australia hadn’t offered a formal apology to the members of the Stolen Generation. As well as all of this, if you watch the movie you will find beautiful and tender moments, so I encourage you to watch it!
I admit at the beginning I thought that this film would be another big American production, but at the end I really enjoyed it. However I was right when I said big production because the film has 130 million dollar budget!
When I was looking for a picture of the film, I found some information about the cast. I read that main masculine character was for Russell Crowe but he left the project because he had some differences with production, maybe money’s differences? So next actor was Heather Ledger, but he also refused the role because he preferred to play Joker in The Dark Knight, it was a wise decision. Eventually the character was played by Hugh Jackman, who made a good job. In my opinion the movie is worth it but I warn you, it gets long.