The Turning
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Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2013-09-25
Runtime: 180 mins
Director: Anthony Lucas, Rhys Graham, Marieka Walsh, Jub Clerc, Robert Connolly, Warwick Thornton, Tony Ayres, Ashlee Page, Claire McCarthy, Stephen Page, Shaun Gladwell, Justin Kurzel, Ian Meadows, Mia Wasikowska, Simon Stone, Jonathan auf der Heide, David Wenham
Writer: Justin Monjo, Kris Mrksa, Marieka Walsh, Warwick Thornton, Rhys Graham, Jub Clerc, Ashlee Page, Marcel Dorney, Claire McCarthy, Emily Ballou, Mia Wasikowska, Jonathan auf der Heide, Andrew Upton, Ian Meadows, David Wenham, Justin Kurzel
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Turning
Production Companies: Arenamedia, Screen Australia, Madman Films, LevelK, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Film Victoria, ScreenWest, Lotterywest, Studio Balloon, Scarlett Pictures, 8th In Line Productions, Film Camp, Sacred Cow Films, Matchbox Pictures, Savage Films, Brown Cab, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Little Window Pictures, Dirty Films, Soft Tread Enterprises, Warp Films, Circa Contemporary Circus, Carver Films
Production Countries: Australia, Canada, United Kingdom
Cast
Colin Friels
James Fraser
Henri Phillips
Nikita Leigh-Pritchard
Tim Winton
Joseph Pedley
Cheyanne Pearce
Callan Mulvey
Alex Bryans
Gwy McKenna
Chad Smith
Brooklyn Bathurst
Talei Howell-Price
Libby Tanner
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