Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
- australia
- small town
- drowning
- based on novel or book
- funeral
- gambling debt
- investigation
- grave
- flashback
- murder
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Eric Bana
Aaron Falk
Genevieve O'Reilly
Gretchen Schoner
Keir O'Donnell
Greg Raco
John Polson
Scott Whitlam
- Matt Nable — Grant Dow
- Eddie Baroo — McMurdo
- Martin Dingle Wall — Luke Hadler
- Julia Blake — Barb Hadler
- Bruce Spence — Gerry Hadler
- BeBe Bettencourt — Ellie Deacon
- Jeremy Lindsay Taylor — Erik Falk
- Miranda Tapsell — Rita Raco
- Renee Lim — Sandra Whitlam
- James Frecheville — Sullivan
- William Zappa — Mal Deacon
- Directed
- Robert Connolly
- Written
- Harry Cripps, Robert Connolly
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 860 ratings
- Studio
- Made Up Stories, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, Arenamedia, Pick Up Truck Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
2021 · You’re hereThe Dry
Where it starts.
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
2024
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