Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.
Jenny Agutter
as Girl
Luc Roeg
as White Boy
David Gulpilil
as Black Boy
John Meillon
as Man
Robert McDarra
as Man
Peter Carver
as No Hoper
John Illingsworth
as Young Man
Hilary Bamberger
as Woman
Barry Donnelly
as Australian Scientist
Noeline Brown
as German Scientist
Carlo Manchini
as Italian Scientist
