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THE DROVER'S WIFE

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  • THE DROVER'S WIFE

German PremiereAustralia 2021Language:EnglishSubtitles:GermanDirector:Leah PurcellWriter:Leah PurcellCinematographer:Mark WarehamEditor:Dany CooperWith:Leah Purcell, Rob Collins, Sam Reid, Jessica de Gouw, Benedict Hardie, Tony Cogin, Harry Greenwood, Malachi Dower-RobertsProducer:Bain Stewart, David Jowsey, Angela Littlejohn, Greer Simpkin, Leah PurcellProduction Company:Oombarra Productions, Bunya ProductionsDistributor:CINEMIEN Deutschland109 min, Colour

1893, the Australian Outback. The area is rough, the people hard-nosed, the law rather secondary. Here, women – and newcomers anyway – quickly become the pawn of men. Even Nate Clintoff, who is new in town to keep law and order, still has to fight for his place in the hierarchy. Molly Johnson, heavily pregnant and alone with her children on a farm far from town, knows her place only too well. Nevertheless, she doesn't let it get her down. She does everything to protect her children. Everything! Played by the very talented Leah Purcell, who also wrote the script and directed the film, Molly Johnson becomes a true power woman.

Director's Biography:Born in Murgon, Queensland, Australia in 1970, Leah first worked as an actress in Jindabyne alongside Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne, among others. Her directorial debut, the documentary BLACK CHICKS TALKING, won the audience award Inside Film Award.

Director's Filmography:
2014 WHO WE ARE: BRAVE NEW CLAN (TV/DOKU)
2012 SHE SAY (KURZ)

2009 AUNTY MAGGIE AND THE WOMBA WAKGUN (KURZ)

2002 BLACK CHICKS TALKING (DOKU)

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Screenings

  • 04.11.2021 21:00 ASTOR Saal 3
  • 07.11.2021 16:00 ASTOR Saal 3
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