Directed by:
Brendan MaherScreenplay:
Sue SmithComposer:
Stephen RaeCast:
Juliet Stevenson, Richard Roxburgh, Tim Guinee, John Howard, Sam Dunn, Ewen Leslie, Bernard Curry, Chris Pattinson, Bill Young, Stewart Armstrong (more)Plots(1)
Born in the 1930s on a remote sheep ranch in New South Wales, Jill Ker learns early to love the untamable land-and the allure of books. While her brothers attend boarding school, she stays at Coorain, working beside her beloved father and learning from Eve, her strong-willed mother. Theirs is a stoic family, but years of drought take their toll on Coorain and on the Kers. Jill endures several family tragedies, growing into a young woman of passion and ambition. But Eve buckles under the weight of grief, inspiring her daughter to break free and find her own way. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Juliet Stevenson
UK
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Drowning by Numbers (1988)
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Richard Roxburgh
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Tim Guinee
USA
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John Howard
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Sam Dunn
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Ewen Leslie
Australia
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Bernard Curry
Australia
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Chris Pattinson
Australia
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Bill Young
Australia
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The Matrix (1999)
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Harold Hopkins
Australia
Best movies:
Gallipoli (1981)
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