Timorese cinema is still finding its feet, shaped largely by the country's traumatic recent history and its hard-won independence in 2002. Australian co-production Balibo, covering the 1975 deaths of journalists during the Indonesian invasion, is among the most prominent films to bring that story to international audiences. See what Macca made of it below.
Rating: 3.5★
Ten days. Think about that for a second. Just ten days after East Timor gained its independence from Portugal in 1975, Indonesia moved in and began over two decades of brutal occupation. It's one of those historical facts that stops you cold, and it's one that
Genre Drama
★★★ — Balibo (2009)
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