Where the Green Ants Dream

Where the Green Ants Dream

1984 · 100 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama

The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us all. The Aborigines' belief is not shared by a giant mining company, which wants to tear open the soil and search for uranium.

Directed by Werner Herzog · Written by Werner Herzog

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