The Last Wave
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| Directed by | Peter Weir |
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| Produced by | Hal and Jim McElroy |
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| Cinematography | Russell Boyd |
| Edited by | Max Lemon |
| Music by | Charles Wain |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | A$818,000 |
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The Last Wave (also released in the United States as Black Rain) is a 1977 Australian mystery drama film directed by Peter Weir. It is about a white solicitor in Sydney whose seemingly normal life is disrupted after he takes on a murder case and discovers that he shares a strange, mystical connection with the small group of local Aboriginal people accused of the crime.