The Violent Earth (1998)★ 7.3/10
- Drama
Directed by: Michael Offer
Written by: Tony Ayres, Peter Gawler, Jacqueline Sénès
Portrays three generations of the Suttons living in New Caledonia, from 1888 to 1967; where they and the Kanaks work out their destiny on the shrinking land.
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Joe PetruzziVincenzo Scarpinato
Claudia KarvanJeanne
Claire NeboutHélène
Andrew McFarlaneTom SuttonLaure KillingMaximilienne
Simone KessellGabrielleBrittany ByrnesHelene, as a child
Manu BennettWanatcha DuValier
Karina LombardAnna TemaruMichael DugganFather
Jay Laga'aiaJean-ChristianAmanda WenbanMotherAlexander KilohBrother
Peter McCauleyTherouxFrank GallacherFather MoissanArnaud GiovaninettiCarlo Scarpinato
Bill HunterCampbell
Bernard VerleyHippocratesAnna HussainAnna (6 years old)
Jeremy CallaghanJohn SuttonTanya ByrneShanaLaurence CliffordKatuRosaline NacheroClarisseRodney BellFrançoisMetherine JosephClarissa (child)Elise Bole HillaireauClarisses MotherBrad CarsonTutorWilliam TakakuMagnusGreg UfanVladPierre PoudewChief PorePwede GorodeyChief YieweAnne Scott-PendleburySister Genevieve
Lewis FianderGovernor FeilletJared DaperisPierreBill FellPhotographerKit SmithIsaiKenni NamatauDizzyGeorge ZavadskyChef de GendarmesDavid EnglishMaitre deKyle O'SullivanTom (new born)
Charles 'Bud' TingwellBishop GuiartAmy ClarkeTom (4 months)John PowellGendarmeCameron EastTom (5 years)Daniel DaperisTom (10 years)Eugene SchlusserSchumaker
Peter O'BrienYann ChevalierJean-Pierre MignonGraffeRalph MarsdenValeryHelen StorerJeanne (18 months)Shirley FrancoisCecileSarah MichailJeanne (7 years)Nigel AndersonGendarmeGeorge GinisPrison GuardAndre KatainaWanatcha (18 months)Peter SchofieldFingerprint GuardLeonard LandichoWanatcha (7 years)Andrew McKaigeGendarme CaptainDonald HirstNewsreaderJohn ForsythGovernment officialEng Aun KhorVan SacCecilia TrandangChinese WomanMarie-Jacqueline BegueuAnna's doubleZea WarusamKanak Warrior #1Thierry KamermoinKanak Warrior #2Cyril TilaidayKanak Warrior #3Alex CassarettoFrench ConvictCendrine RyanHélène's voiceMarie JacquelineMarie's double
Tim RobertsonHippocrates voice
Martin CoppingMr. Best (1998)
Espérance Pham Thai LanYoung Vietnamese (1998)Mark GerberRolandJustine SaundersAunt JunieSally McDonaldJill (1998)Tamara DonnellanMarie AngeIan WilmothCustoms Officer