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The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, or simply The Drover's Wife, is a 2021 Australian revisionist Western film directed, written, and co-produced by Leah Purcell in her feature directorial debut. It is an adaptation of Purcell's 2016 play and a reimagining of Henry Lawson's 1892 short story.
Nov 9, 2021 · Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife: the Legend of Molly Johnson is an inspired and compelling re-imagining of Henry Lawson’s The Drover’s Wife, a short story originally published in The...
May 1, 2022 · The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson sizzles with drama. An opening scene that becomes a bookend in the film’s narrative hints at grave danger ahead; after that, we are offered a joyously warm sequence that features Molly with her children.
May 10, 2021 · May 10, 2021 7:00am PT. ‘The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson’ Review: An Exceptionally Compelling Outback Western. Underscoring of the obvious in a handful of scenes does little to...
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson occasionally struggles to cohere, but writer-director-star Leah Purcell offers a unique, compelling perspective on historic myths. Read...
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- Leah Purcell
- Leah Purcell
- Drama, Western
May 2, 2022 · The story is centred on the heavily pregnant Molly Johnson (Purcell), whose husband is away droving cattle, leaving her on their remote Snowy Mountains homestead to care for their four children. When she meets Yadaka (Rob Collins), an Aboriginal man on the run from police, both are forced to confront some long-held secrets.
May 13, 2022 · Nate finds himself investigating a murder. The suspect, an Aboriginal man named Yadaka (Rob Collins), stumbles on to Molly's land and the two form an uneasy partnership.
