The Turning (2013)

  • MA15+
  • 09/25/2013 (AU)
  • Drama
  • 3h

A unique cinema event.

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.

Tim Winton

Novel

Ashlee Page

Director, Writer

Marcel Dorney

Writer

Warwick Thornton

Director, Writer

Marieka Walsh

Director, Writer

Justin Monjo

Writer

Robert Connolly

Director

Kris Mrksa

Writer

Anthony Lucas

Director

Rhys Graham

Writer, Director

Jub Clerc

Director, Writer

Andrew Upton

Writer

Jonathan auf der Heide

Director, Writer

Tony Ayres

Director

Claire McCarthy

Writer, Director

Shaun Gladwell

Director

Stephen Page

Director

Mia Wasikowska

Director, Writer

Justin Kurzel

Writer, Director

Simon Stone

Director

Emily Ballou

Writer

David Wenham

Writer, Director

Ian Meadows

Writer, Director

Cast

Colin Friels's headshot

Colin Friels

Narrator (voice)
James Fraser's headshot

James Fraser

Davo
Henri Phillips's headshot

Henri Phillips

Biggie
Nikita Leigh-Pritchard's headshot

Nikita Leigh-Pritchard

Meg
Tim Winton's headshot

Tim Winton

Narrator (voice)
Joseph Pedley's headshot

Joseph Pedley

Vic Lang
Cheyanne Pearce's headshot

Cheyanne Pearce

Melanie
Callan Mulvey's headshot

Callan Mulvey

David Wilson

Recommendations