Sweet desert film rocks the gondolas in Venice

Warwick Thornton comes through with a major film in Sweet Country, to match the minor gem premiered at Sydney. Two in the one year.
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Sweet Country poster, via Reel Bits. 

It is pretty easy to claim that a film festival lerves a film, but many claims turn out to be froth on the wind. But not this one – Sweet Country had a standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival. 

Producer David Jowsey happily quoted the Venice selector on the release of the trailer. 

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