The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 3h 0m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
33 audience votes
Key crew
- Ashlee PageDirector
- Marcel DorneyWriter
- Robert ConnollyCreator
- Elliott WheelerOriginal Music Composer
- Warwick ThorntonDirector
- Marieka WalshDirector
- Marieka WalshWriter
- Justin MonjoWriter
- Stephen RaeOriginal Music Composer
- Robert ConnollyDirector
- Andrew LancasterOriginal Music Composer
- Kris MrksaWriter
- Anthony LucasDirector
- Rhys GrahamWriter
- Robert WoodsOriginal Music Composer
- Warwick ThorntonWriter
- Jub ClercDirector
- Ashlee PageWriter
- Cameron PatrickOriginal Music Composer
- Rhys GrahamDirector
- Andrew UptonWriter
- Jonathan auf der HeideDirector
- Jub ClercWriter
- Flynn WheelerOriginal Music Composer
- Michael DarrenOriginal Music Composer
- Iain GrandageOriginal Music Composer
- Tony AyresDirector
- Claire McCarthyWriter
- Shaun GladwellDirector
- Michael YezerskiOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen PageDirector
- Christopher O'YoungOriginal Music Composer
- Jethro WoodwardOriginal Music Composer
- Mia WasikowskaDirector
- Justin KurzelWriter
- Simon StoneDirector
- Jonathan auf der HeideWriter
- Guy GrossOriginal Music Composer
- Mia WasikowskaWriter
- Claire McCarthyDirector
- Kazumichi GrimeOriginal Music Composer
- Emily BallouWriter
- David WenhamWriter
- Steve NieveOriginal Music Composer
- Justin KurzelDirector
- David WenhamDirector
- Hat FitzOriginal Music Composer
- Steve FrancisOriginal Music Composer
- Ian MeadowsWriter
- Ryan WalshOriginal Music Composer
- Ian MeadowsDirector
- Jed KurzelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Colin FrielsNarrator (voice)
- James FraserDavo
- Henri PhillipsBiggie
- Nikita Leigh-PritchardMeg
- Tim WintonNarrator (voice)
- Joseph PedleyVic Lang
- Cheyanne PearceMelanie
- Callan MulveyDavid Wilson
- Alex BryansYoung David
- Gwy McKennaAlan Mannering
- Chad SmithAlan's Friend
- Brooklyn BathurstAlan's Friend
Stills
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Themes
indigenousanthologygenerationalwoman directorcoastal town