logo

Home

Movies

TV shows

Sign In

HOMEMOVIESTV-SHOWSABOUTWATCHLIST
homemoviestv-showsaboutwatchlist

Powered by

TMDB website logo

© 2025 Filmverse

Answered by Fire

05/28/2006

|

2hrs 54min

|

Drama

STORY

Mark Waldman (David Wenham) is an Australian policeman who volunteers for the United Nations mission in East Timor. Put in charge of the Civilian Police at the UN base in Nunura, he meets Julie Fortin (Isabelle Blais), a Canadian policewoman on her first overseas mission, and Ismenio Soares (Alex Tilman), the young Timorese translator assigned to work with the unit. Mark and Julie are unarmed and emotionally unprepared for the brutal reality of Timor, while Ismenio is cynical about whether the UN can prevent what seems an inevitable, bloody end to the process. Against growing intimidation and violence from the Indonesians and East Timorese militia, they work to get the Timorese registered to vote. Ismenio's fears are realised when the vote goes pro-independence, the country is set alight and the UN evacuates. Mark and Julie are forced to abandon Ismenio and his family to a nightmarish fate at the hands of the Indonesian military and its murderous militias.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • David Wenham
  • Isabelle Blais
  • Fatima Almeida
  • Damien Garvey
  • Srisacd Sacdpraseuth

    Director

  • Jessica Hobbs

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    David Wenham

    Mark Waldman

    Isabelle Blais

    Julie Fortin

    Fatima Almeida

    Madalena Soares

    Damien Garvey

    Ron Nestovic

    Srisacd Sacdpraseuth

    Komsan

    Deobia Oparei

    Victor

    Ron White

    Bill

    Patrick Williams

    UN Electoral Officer

    Toni Scanlan

    Robyn Bridekirk

    Linda Cropper

    Liz Savage