Very unknown Australian family film, based on the fact that this is the first review for it here twenty years after it was first released.
A couple of orphaned Chinese children run away from an Aussie detention centre after their mother dies, to return to China because they don't want to be taken to separate orphanages. Along the way, they're helped by various people including a young Aboriginal tracker, all while trying to stay one step ahead of the authorities...
I predicted the ending to Southern Cross long before the ending credits rolled, but getting there wasn't entirely boring. It's fun spending time with these kids and the colourful characters they run into, and ultimately despite not being great art in any sense I certainly got more out of the experience than I expected.
Nothing special, but an okay diversion nonetheless. 5/10.
A couple of orphaned Chinese children run away from an Aussie detention centre after their mother dies, to return to China because they don't want to be taken to separate orphanages. Along the way, they're helped by various people including a young Aboriginal tracker, all while trying to stay one step ahead of the authorities...
I predicted the ending to Southern Cross long before the ending credits rolled, but getting there wasn't entirely boring. It's fun spending time with these kids and the colourful characters they run into, and ultimately despite not being great art in any sense I certainly got more out of the experience than I expected.
Nothing special, but an okay diversion nonetheless. 5/10.
