The Turning

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The Turning

"A unique cinema event."

2013

3h 0m

5.6(30 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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91 members

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Colin Friels

Narrator (voice)

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James Fraser

Davo

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Henri Phillips

Biggie

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Nikita Leigh-Pritchard

Meg

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Tim Winton

Narrator (voice)

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Joseph Pedley

Vic Lang

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Cheyanne Pearce

Melanie

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Callan Mulvey

David Wilson

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Alex Bryans

Young David

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Gwy McKenna

Alan Mannering

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Chad Smith

Alan's Friend

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Brooklyn Bathurst

Alan's Friend

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Talei Howell-Price

David's Wife

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Libby Tanner

Gail Lang

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Dougie Baldwin

Vic Lang

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Taylor Ferguson

Strawberry Alison

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Monique Fisher

Roberta

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Jake Fehily

Jack

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Matt Green

Librarian

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Oscar Redding

Peter Dyson

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Mirrah Foulkes

Fay Keenan

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Finn Woodlock

Ricky Dyson

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Carol Burns

Marjorie

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Dennis Coard

Don

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Francesca Magree

Sky

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Harry Borland

Teenage Peter

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Madeline Ferme

Teenage Fay

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Jasmine Knox

Peter's Wife

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Susie Porter

Carol Lang

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Harrison Gilbertson

Vic Lang

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Brenna Harding

Agnes Larwood

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Toby Wallace

Brakey

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Elise McCredie

Brakey's Mum

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Peta Brady

Mrs. Larwood

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Paul Ireland

Mr. Larwood

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Rose Byrne

Rae

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Miranda Otto

Sherry

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Matt Nable

Max

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Myles Pollard

Dan

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Brittany Hibbert

Brittany

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Lily Parker

Lily

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Renato Fabretti

Jesus

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Jakory Blanco

Frank

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Jarli-Russell Blanco

Max

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Waangenga Blanco

Dad

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Kirk Page

Dad's Brother

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Denis Thorne

Dad's Cousin Brother

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Tyson Birtles

Another Brother

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Meyne Wyatt

Frank

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Wayne Blair

Max

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Matthew Shanley

Vic Lang

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Julie Rigg

Narrator (voice)

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James Saunders

Preacher

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Di Adams

Carol Lang

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Marika Teledzinska

Strawberry Alison

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Amanda Bran

Alison's Tennis Partner

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Cate Blanchett

Gail Lang

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Richard Roxburgh

Vic Lang

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Robyn Nevin

Carol Lang

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Hugo Weaving

Bob Lang

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Josh McConville

Vic Lang

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Dean Daley-Jones

Bob Lang

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Eva Lazzaro

Marie

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Igor Sas

Macklin

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Lee Jankowski

Corrupt Cop

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Sam Turton

Hiker

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Louise Harris

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Corey Knoblauch

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Craig Nielsen

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Angela McCann

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Paige Goldsack Gwynne

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Rob Stevens

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Ian Neal

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Sonya Lawson

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Hat Fitz

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Kimberley Rossi

Girl

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Casey Douglas

Vic Lang

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Nathan Boyle

Ensemble

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Jessica Connell

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Daniel Crisp

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Robbie Curtis

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Freyja Edney

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Scott Grove

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Todd Kilby

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Alice Muntz

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Brittannie Portelli

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Dan Wyllie

Vic Lang

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Kate Mulvany

Gail Lang

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Gibson Nolte

Fenn

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Renee Newman-Storen

Daisy

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Maddison Byfield

Emmy

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