Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.
- australia
- child abuse
- sibling relationship
- approved school
- prosecution
- based on true story
- survival
- tracker
- outback
- colonialism
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Everlyn Sampi
Molly Craig
Tianna Sansbury
Daisy Craig Kadibill
Laura Monaghan
Gracie Fields
David Gulpilil
Moodoo
- Ningali Lawford — Maud - Molly's Mother
- Myarn Lawford — Molly's Grandmother
- Deborah Mailman — Mavis
- Jason Clarke — Constable Riggs
- Kenneth Branagh — A. O. Neville
- Natasha Wanganeen — Nina, Dormitory Boss
- Garry McDonald — Mr. Neal at Moore River
- Roy Billing — Police Inspector
- Lorna Lesley — Miss Thomas
- Celine O'Leary — Miss Jessop
- Kate Roberts — Matron at Moore River
- Directed
- Phillip Noyce
- Written
- Christine Olsen
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 396 ratings
- Studio
- Rumbalara Films, Showtime Australia, Olsen Levy Productions, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Becker Entertainment, HanWay Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
