Screening: Samson and Delilah

Fourteen-year-old Aboriginal teenagers Samson (Rowan McNamara) and Delilah (Marissa Gibson) hail from a remote community in the Central Australian desert. For Samson, sniffing petrol is one of the few available means of escaping the suffocating grimness of his daily life.   After a persistent campaign to gain Delilah's affections and following the death of her grandmother (Mitjili Napanangka Gibson), Samson steals the community's sole car and persuades Delilah to escape with him to Alice Springs.  Winner of the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film in 2009. ‘This lovely, aching film opts for romance in the face of modern ruin’ – Detroit News Ticket   Presented on a 35mm film print from the NFSA collection.