Monday, November 17, 2008

Rabbit Proof Fence

What if the government kidnaps ur child? So this is what is this movie about. It is a real life story. It all revolves around the years when the government started kidnapping the young black children in Australia to evade the blacks out of community after three generation. Even before starting to watch the movie I came to know that this movie requires some patience. The movie starts by depicting how 3 girls are happily living in their locality without being affected by the actions taken by the government. But soon the government comes to know about these girls and lures the family to a place where they can easily kidnap the girls. The three girls are kidnapped right in front of their mothers who are helpless than to cry about it. When they reach a camp the girls find many children of their age who are helpless in that camp. They are taught in the camp how to behave like English people and the communication only in English and many other things. If they try to escape or captured while escaping they would be lashed. The English men uses a black man called tracker to track down the escaped children. The tracker is known for his skill of identifying the tracks of the escaped children. After two days in the camp, the eldest of the three decides to escape with her sister. She takes a good care that the tracker will not be able to identify their track. When the people in the camp realizes about their escape they start tracking down them but eventually fails because of the rain(the tracks are destroyed). On their way back these girls face many difficulties like finding food and shelter. The only way to reach their home is to follow the Rabbit Proof Fence. Soon the eldest finds the fence and starts walking towards their home. By this time it has been a week since the girls had been missing from the camp. On the way the girl learns that she is on the wrong side of the fence and a man helps her to find the way to the fence(the right one). On the other hand the chief of this commission is frustrated that the girls are too clever. He decides to trap the girls by spreading false news about their parents. The tracker at one point realizes that the eldest is very smart and he smiles to himself. The eldest realizes the trap but the middle one gets caught by the government again. So only the eldest and youngest proceed the long journey to their home. On their way they overcome a place where the fence ends in the desert. They proceed without having any clue about their place and destination. When they were about to lose their hope they find the other end of the fence and reaches their home.

The impressive part is that when the girls find the fence for the first time their mother other touches the fence on the other end which shows the connection between them. When the girl is lost to the government the eldest realizes that she had not been responsible. The movie ends in a classic way of picturing the live characters who escaped to live a life of their choice. It also says that the eldest was abducted again after few years with her children and she traveled back home again. She lost her child to the government when the child was 3 years and has never seen her again. Their escape has been a history since no children escaped the camp before and after that. A real life history which touches the heart if u have one. If you are not particular about the genre of the movie please watch this movie. A classical one which depicts how fortunate we are to live a life like this.

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