New Delhi: Internationally acclaimed Australian film 'Rabbit Proof Fence' will be the closing film of the 34th International Film Festival of India currently underway in the capital.

Directed by Philip Noyce, the high-profile director of such Hollywood films as 'Patriot Games' (1992), 'Sliver' (1993), 'Clear and Present Danger' (1994) and 'Bone Collector' (1999), the film is set in the time when the Australian government was following the policy of training aboriginal children as domestic workers.

The film tells the story of a young girl Molly Craig, who decides to lead her little sister and cousin in a daring escape from their internment camp, which involves eluding the authorities on a dangerous 1,500- mile run along a rabbit-proof fence that bisects the continent and will lead them home.

S Santhanam, deputy director, film selection & programming, at the festival, said the reason why 'Rabbit Proof Fence' was chosen to be the closing film at the October 9-19 festival was that the story of human struggle it told was of the same magnum opus quality as the opening film 'Pinjar'.

"The poignancy of human emotions is the common link between the two films," Santhanam said.