---
title: 'Bran Nue Dae (2009)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rachel Perkins'
released: '2009-08-09'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bran-nue-dae-2009'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1148165/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bran Nue Dae (2009)

2009 · 85 min · Music, Comedy · Australia


## Synopsis

Bran Nue Dae is a 2009 Australian musical comedy-drama film directed by Rachel Perkins and written by Perkins and Reg Cribb. A feature film adaptation of the 1990 stage musical Bran Nue Dae by Jimmy Chi, the film tells the story of the coming of age of an Aboriginal Australian teenager on a road trip in the late 1960s.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rachel Perkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-perkins)
- **Screenplay:** [Rachel Perkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-perkins), [Reg Cribb](https://cinepixo.com/people/reg-cribb)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Cezary Skubiszewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/cezary-skubiszewski)
- **Producer:** [Robyn Kershaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/robyn-kershaw)
- **Director of Photography:** [Andrew Lesnie](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-lesnie)
- **Editor:** [Rochelle Oshlack](https://cinepixo.com/people/rochelle-oshlack)

## Cast

- [Rocky McKenzie](https://cinepixo.com/people/rocky-mckenzie) as Willie
- [Deborah Mailman](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-mailman) as Roxanne
- [Geoffrey Rush](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-rush) as Father Benedictus
- [Peter West](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-west) as Lou the Policeman
- [Tony Briggs](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-briggs) as Scary Black Man
- [Paully Edgar](https://cinepixo.com/people/paully-edgar) as Sam
- [Sophie Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-kelly)
- [Ningali Lawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/ningali-lawford) as Theresa Johnson
- [Dan Sultan](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-sultan) as Lester
- [Kelton Pell](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelton-pell) as Mean Drunk
- [Ricardo del Rio](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricardo-del-rio) as Priest
- [Rob Greenough](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-greenough) as Bruce the Policeman
- [Hunter Page-Lochard](https://cinepixo.com/people/hunter-page-lochard) as Peter
- [Josiah Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/josiah-page) as Tommy
- [Missy Higgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/missy-higgins) as Annie

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/bran-nue-dae-2009
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