Wake In Fright (1971) -

: The oppressive outback heat is presented almost as a physical character, inducing a sense of madness and identity collapse [15, 26].

The story follows John Grant, a middle-class schoolteacher working off a government bond in the desolate town of Tiboonda [1, 23]. While traveling to Sydney for Christmas, he gets stranded in the mining town of Bundanyabba—locally known as "" [8, 14, 16]. Wake in Fright (1971)

: It is one of the few films to have screened twice in competition at Cannes —once upon its release and once after its 2009 restoration [30, 33]. : The oppressive outback heat is presented almost