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It is catalogued under topics including 2010s biographical films, 2010s musical comedy-drama films and 2012 comedy-drama films.
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6.8It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.
Released: 2012-08-08103 minDir: Wayne BlairComedy, DramaBudget: $9.0MBox office: $20.4M
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Cast
- Chris O'Dowd as Dave Lovelace
- Deborah Mailman as Gail
- Jessica Mauboy as Julie
- Shari Sebbens as Kay
- Miranda Tapsell as Cynthia
- Tory Kittles as Robby
Themes
- vietnam war
- saigon
- musical
- biography
- based on true story
- girl group
- indigenous australians
- australian aboriginal
- mother child separation
- stolen generation
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
15,903 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 27 wins & 26 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Wayne Blair
- Composer
- Cezary Skubiszewski
- Cinematographer
- Warwick Thornton
- Narrative location
- Australia
- Duration
- 99
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- Commons category
- The Sapphires (film)
- publication date
- 2013-06-20
- title
- The Sapphires
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- jungle
- review score
- 67/100
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Categories
2010s biographical films2010s musical comedy-drama films2012 comedy-drama films2012 directorial debut films2012 English-language films2012 films2012 independent films2012 musical filmsAustralian biographical filmsAustralian films based on playsAustralian independent filmsAustralian musical comedy-drama filmsBest Film AACTA Award winnersBiographical musicalsCultural depictions of Australian peopleCultural depictions of pop musiciansEnglish-language biographical filmsEnglish-language independent filmsEnglish-language musical comedy-drama filmsFilms about Aboriginal AustraliansFilms about girl groupsFilms about music and musiciansFilms directed by Wayne BlairFilms scored by Cezary Skubiszewski