Can the desire to save the loved one be a justification of crime?
What distinguishes the blood on the sword of Themis from the blood on the knife of killer?
Can human life be inviolable boundary between retribution and cruelty of the ancient law of retaliation?
Does the criminal stop to be the best man in the world for the people to whom he was particularly dear?
Four-hour drama based on a true story, offers the viewer a tangle of issues, contrariety of which exacerbated by new era.
Young Aussie Van, the son of the Vietnamese migrant women, is convinced that he is fully responsible for his family as an elder man.
Caught red-handed at the Singapore airport with a load of heroin, which would be enough for 26 death penalty under the laws of this country, Van becomes the object of harsh confrontation of mentalities: Eastern retributive severity against humanism of the West.
This struggle has split the Australian society into the ruthless and uncompromising supporters of comeback and Right to Life Advocates.
In the first rows of the altruists there is David's new character - another Melbourne lawyer - Julian McMahon, honest and humble man, a good Catholic, a selfless outcasts defender and a staunch opponent of the death penalty, one of the founders and active members of The Mercy Campaign, fighting for the preservation of lives of Australian citizens, which were sentenced to death for crimes outside the country.
And while Van's mother, Kim, and his unselfish lawyers, Julian McMahon and Lex Lasry, are fighting for his life, the boy still has time to find its meaning.
Cast:
David Wenham … Julian McMahon
Bryan Brown … Lex Lasry
Claudia Karvan … Bernadette McMahon
Remy Hii … Van Nguyen
Hien Nguyen ...Kim Nguyen
Jordan Rodrigues … Khoa Nguyen
Carmel Rose ...Rachel
Aileen Huynh … Kelly Ng
Sachin Joab … Inspector Ramesh
and the others…
Mini-series