Synopsis
A corporate lawyer named David Burton is asked to act as Defense Attorney for some Aborigines involved in a murder case. When he first encounters his clients, one of the Aborigines unnerve him because he recognizes his face from a recurring dream. After his father, who is a minister, tells him that when he was a child all of his dreams came true, David becomes convinced that this was no coincidence. Through the course of the film. David unveils many secrets behind this murder case. He not only discovers the truth about what really happened, but how he himself is indirectly involved with the murder. Director Peter Weir composes a suspensful mystery that deals intelligently with sensitive race relations between Anglo-Saxons in Australia and native Aborigines.