Poverty, beatings and debilitating substance abuse stand in for hearts and flowers in Warwick Thornton's Aboriginal romance "Samson & Delilah," which focuses on the power of love as a survival tool.

We all share the same fate.

Warwick Thornton's Samson & Delilah paints such a grim picture of Aboriginal life in the Northern Territories that it may have caused some controversy among the original Australians themselves.

But Semadar betrays him, and Samson engages in a fight with her real love, Ahtur (Henry Wilcoxon), and his soldiers. Semadar is killed, and her sister Delilah (Hedy Lamarr), who had loved Samson ...

A meticulous portrayal of the chaotic existence endured by two Aboriginal teens on an Outback reserve, "Samson & Delilah" is an engrossing ... But though the movie’s images are confronting ...

A meticulous portrayal of the chaotic existence endured by two Aboriginal teens on an Outback reserve, "Samson & Delilah" is an engrossing ... But though the movie’s images are confronting ...