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5. The Green Place Is Gone - Mad Max: Fury Road
Furiosa's (Charlize Theron) entire motivation throughout Mad Max: Fury Road is to return to the Green Place - a rare fertile area amid the Wasteland which she remembers from her childhood, where plants and vegetables could freely grow and human life could actually be supported.
But when Furiosa and co. meet up with her clan, the Vuvalini, mid-film, they inform her that the blue-tinted bog she encountered the Bullet Farmer (Richard Carter) in the night before was actually the Green Place.
Over time, the idyllic locale has been turned into a swampland, making it impossible for anything to grow there, and in turn causing the Vuvalini's few surviving members to abandon it.
It's a completely heart-rending revelation for Furiosa, who promptly strolls over to a nearby patch of desert and falls to her knees in visceral anguish, letting out a primal scream.
It's one of Fury Road's most emblematic images, so perfectly encapsulating the existential pain Furiosa feels for her former homestead being turned into a lifeless swamp.