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The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson (2022)
Directed by Leah Purcell
Overview
In 1893, heavily pregnant Molly Johnson and her children struggle in isolation to survive the harsh Australian landscape after her husband left to go droving sheep in the high country. One day, she finds a shackled Aboriginal fugitive named Yakada wounded on her property. As an unlikely bond begins to form between them he reveals secrets about her true identity. Realizing Molly’s husband is actually missing, new town lawman Nate Clintoff starts being suspicious and sends his constable to investigate.
Length 109 minutes
Actors
Leah Purcell | Rob Collins | Sam Reid | Jessica De Gouw | Malachi Dower-Roberts | Benedict Hardie | Harry Greenwood | Nicholas Hope | Maggie Dence | Bruce Spence | Victoria Haralabidou | Nash Zammit-Harvey | Jobe Zammit-Harvey | Tammy Macintosh | Magnolia Maymuru | Anthony Cogin | Sinsa Jo Mansell | Matt Klarie | Sean Lynch | Craig Bourke | Keith Stribling | Ed Wightman | Andrew Legg | Luke Owen | Eryk Nielsen | Felicity Jurd | Arthur Gregg Sulzberger | David Paulsen | Aaron Pearce | Roberto Malacara | Gregg Arthur