''The Turning'' is a 2013 Australian

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film based on a 2005 collection of short stories by

Tim Winton Timothy John Winton (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian writer. He has written novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories. In 1997, he was named a Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia, and has won the Miles Fr ...

. It premiered at the

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on 3 August 2013. It was nominated for the 2013

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, and was screened in the Berlinale Special Galas section of the

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Cast

Cate Blanchett Catherine Elise Blanchett (; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor. Regarded as one of the finest performers of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. She has received n ...

as Gail Lang *

Hugo Weaving Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is an English actor. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his career. He is the recipient of six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ...

as Bob Lang * Miranda Otto as Sherry *

Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor, writer, producer, and director. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including three AACTA Awards (including AFI), three Logie Awards, ...

as Vic Lang *

Rose Byrne Mary Rose Byrne (born 24 July 1979) is an Australian actress. She made her screen debut in the film ''Dallas Doll'' (1994), and continued to act in Australian film and television throughout the 1990s. She obtained her first leading film role i ...

as Rae * Mirrah Foulkes as Fay Keenan *

Harrison Gilbertson Harrison Gilbertson (born 29 June 1993) is an Australian actor. Early life Gilbertson was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Julie Sloan and Brian Gilbertson. Career Gilbertson began acting at the age of six when he played the chara ...

as Victor *

Callan Mulvey Callan Mulvey (born 23 February 1975) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Mark Moran on the Australian drama '' Underbelly'', Sergeant Brendan 'Josh' Joshua in '' Rush'', and as Bogdan 'Draz' Drazic in ''Heartbreak High''. ...

as David Wilson * Myles Pollard as Dan *

Susie Porter Susie Porter (born 1970 or 1971) is an Australian television, film and theatre actress. She made her debut in the 1996 film '' Idiot Box'', before rising to prominence in films including '' Paradise Road'' (1997), ''Welcome to Woop Woop'' (1997) ...

as Carol *

Matt Nable Matthew Nable (born 8 March 1972) is an Australian film and television actor, writer, sports commentator and former professional rugby league player. After playing in the Winfield Cup Premiership during the 1990s for the Manly-Warringah and ...

as Max *

Meyne Wyatt Meyne Wyatt (born 14 August 1989) is an Australian actor. Wyatt graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2010 and appeared in several theatre productions around the country. For his performance in ''Silent Disco'', Wyatt was name ...

as Frank Leaper

Production

18 directors worked on the film, including

Mia Wasikowska Mia Wasikowska ( ; born 25 October 1989) is an Australian actress. She made her screen debut on the Australian television drama '' All Saints'' in 2004, followed by her feature film debut in ''Suburban Mayhem'' (2006). She first became known to ...

David Wenham David Wenham (born 21 September 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He is known for his roles as Faramir in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, Friar Carl in '' Van Helsing'', Dilios in '' 300'' ...

, and

Stephen Page Stephen George Page (born 1965) is an Australian choreographer, film director and former dancer. He is the current artistic director of the Bangarra Dance Theatre, an Indigenous Australian dance company. Page is descended from the Nunukul peopl ...

who made their directorial debuts. Initially, Cate Blanchett also intended to direct before switching to an acting role, with

Simon Stone Simon Stone (born 19 August 1984) is an Australian film and theatre director, writer and actor. Early life Stone is Australian, but was born in Basel and grew up in Cambridge and Melbourne. His father, Stuart Stone, was a biochemist and his mot ...

taking her place behind the camera.

The Turning Ensemble

FOG *Jonathan auf der Heide (writer / director) *Tenille Kennedy (producer) *Jethro Woodward (composer) *Ellery Ryan (cinematographer) *Billy Browne (editor) FAMILY * Shaun Gladwell (director) *Katherine Slattery (producer) *

Emily Ballou Emily Ballou is an Australian-American poet, novelist and screenwriter. Her poetry collection ''The Darwin Poems'', a verse portrait of Charles Darwin, was published by University of Western Australia Press in 2009.

(writer) *Kazumichi Grime (composer) *Jeremy Rouse (cinematographer) *Jesse Watt (editor) DAMAGED GOODS *Anthony Lucas (producer / director) *Kris Mrksa (writer) *Cameron Patrick (composer) *Jody Muston (cinematographer) *Annabelle Johnson (editor) SAND *

(director) *

John Harvey John Harvey may refer to: People Academics * John Harvey (astrologer) (1564–1592), English astrologer and physician * John Harvey (architectural historian) (1911–1997), British architectural historian, who wrote on English Gothic architecture ...

(producer) * Justin Monjo (writer) *

Guy Gross Guy Gross is an Australian film and television composer. He is known most for writing the award-winning music for the Australian science fiction series ''Farscape'' and the international hit film ''The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert ...

(composer) *Bonnie Elliott (cinematographer) LONG, CLEAR VIEW *

(writer / director) *Stefan Duscio (cinematographer) *Mat Evans (editor) COCKLESHELL * Tony Ayres (director) *

Julie Eckersley Julie Eckersley is an Australian actress, comedian and writer and producer. She has appeared in comedy shows including ''Let Loose Live'', ''The Wedge'' and ''Newstopia,'' and in the drama ''City Homicide'', and the children's television series ' ...

(producer) *Marcel Dorney (writer) *

Iain Grandage Iain Grandage is an Australian composer and music director, best known for his compositions for theatre, dance and concert. In May 2018, the Perth Festival appointed Grandage as Artistic Director. Early life Grandage initially lived in Brisbane ...

(composer) *Germain McMicking (cinematographer) SMALL MERCIES *Rhys Graham (writer / director) *Katherine Slattery (producer) *Flynn Wheeler (composer) *Stefan Duscio (cinematographer) THE TURNING *

Claire McCarthy Claire McCarthy is an Australian screenwriter, director, producer, and visual artist. Early life Claire was born in Sydney, the daughter of Christine, an author and concert pianist, and John McCarthy QC. She graduated with honours from the ...

(writer / director) *Sue Italiano (producer) *Denson Baker (cinematographer) *Beckett Broda (editor) REUNION *

(director) *

Jo Dyer Jo Dyer (born 1969) is an Australian theatre and film producer, and director of Adelaide Writers' Week from 2019 to 2022. She is known for the films ''Lucky Miles'' (2007) and '' Girl Asleep'' (2015). In 2021 she was involved in a legal case re ...

(producer) *

Andrew Upton Andrew Upton (born 1 February 1966) is an Australian playwright, screenwriter and director. He has adapted the works of Gorky, Chekhov, Ibsen and others for London's Royal National Theatre and the Sydney Theatre Company. He wrote the original p ...

(writer) * Andrew Lesnie (cinematographer) *

Dany Cooper Dany Cooper is an Australian film editor, best known for her work on ''Candy'', ''Queen of the Damned ''Queen of the Damned'' is a 2002 vampire film directed by Michael Rymer, loosely based on the third novel of Anne Rice's ''The Vampire Ch ...

(editor) COMMISSION *

(writer / director) *Tenille Kennedy (producer) *

Steve Nieve Steve Nieve ( "naïve"; born Stephen John Nason, 21 February 1958) is an English musician and composer. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Nieve has been a member of Elvis Costello's backing bands the Attractions, the Imposters and Madnes ...

(composer) *Andrew Commis (cinematographer) ABBREVIATION *

Jub Clerc Jub Clerc is a Nyulnyul and Yawuru film director and screenwriter from Australia. She is most noted for her 2022 debut feature film '' Sweet As'', which won the Innovation Award at the 2022 Melbourne International Film Festival, and the NETPAC Aw ...

(writer / director) *Liz Kearney (producer) *Robert Woods (composer) * Geoffrey Simpson (cinematographer) BONER McPHARLIN'S MOLL *

Justin Kurzel Justin Dallas Kurzel (; born 1974) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. Early life Kurzel was born 1974 in Gawler, South Australia to a family of immigrant roots, his father hailing from Poland and his mother from Malta. His you ...

(writer / director) *Sarah Shaw (producer) *Hat Fitz (composer) *Andrew Commis (cinematographer) *Michael J. Lutman (editor) DEFENDER *

Ian Meadows Ian Meadows is an Australian actor, playwright and writer. Early life and education Born and raised in Collie, Western Australia, Meadows trained at Curtin University and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating i ...

(writer / director) *Rita Walsh (producer) *Steve Francis (composer) *John Brawley (cinematographer) * Gabriel Dowrick (editor) BIG WORLD *

Warwick Thornton Warwick Thornton (born 1970) is an Australian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His debut feature film '' Samson and Delilah'' won the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the award for Best Film at the Asia Pacific ...

(writer / director / cinematographer) *

Andrew Lancaster Andrew Lancaster is an Australian film director. At the Asia-Pacific Film Festival, he won the "Best Short Film" award in 1993 for ''Palace Cafe'' and the "Best Film Award" in 2002 for ''In Search of Mike''. His 2014 documentary '' The Lost Aviat ...

(composer) *Roland Gallois (editor) AQUIFER *

Robert Connolly Robert Connolly (born 1967) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known as the director and writer of the feature films '' Balibo'', ''Three Dollars'' and '' The Bank'', and the produce ...

(director) *Tenille Kennedy (producer) * Justin Monjo (writer) * Stephen Rae (composer) *Denson Baker (cinematographer) *Andy Canny (editor) IMMUNITY *

Yaron Lifschitz Yaron Lifschitz (born 30 March 1970) is an Australian director most notable for his involvement in the circus arts. He has directed more than 80 productions over circus, opera, physical theatre, theatre, and large-scale live events. His work ...

(director) *Alex Barnes & Ben Knapton (producers) *Circa Contemporary Circus (writer) *Ryan Walsh (composer) *Robert Humphreys (cinematographer) ON HER KNEES *Ashlee Page (writer / director) *Sonya Humphrey (producer) *Michael Darren (composer) *Miles Rowland (cinematographer) ASH WEDNESDAY *Marieka Walsh (writer / director) *Donna Chang (producer) *David Whittaker (editor)

90-minute broadcast version

''The Turning'' was heavily cut down and rearranged for broadcast on

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, debuting on 23 February 2014. Running for approximately 90 minutes (as opposed to the 180-minute theatrical cut), only eight of the original 17 stories were included: "Reunion", "Aquifer", "On Her Knees", "The Turning", "Long, Clear View", "Commission", "Cockleshell", and "Sand". The remaining nine stories were made available online as multi-platform

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content.

Reception

''The Turning'' received positive reviews from critics and audiences, earning an approval rating of 85% on

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, based on 27 reviews.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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