The Road from Coorain Movie Review 2002

Based on the 1989 memoir by historian Jill Ker Conway who was born and raised on a vast and isolated Australian sheep ranch called Coorain. The story, which opens in the early 1940s, deals with Jill's difficult relationship with her stoical mother Eve (Stevenson), who keeps Coorain even after being widowed and moving her family to Sydney. Jill proves to be an exceptional student and excels at university but family tragedies continue to haunt the Kers.

Distribution

WGBH/Boston, PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407-2284, Phone: (617)492-2777, Toll-free: 800-989-8670, Fax: (802)864-9846, Email: sarah_slater@wgbh.org, URL: http://www.wgbh.org

Available on VHS
Running time 120 minutes.
Originally from Australian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Down Under, Coming of Age, Moms, Adapted from Memoirs or Diaries, Sydney, Farm Livin', Period Piece: 1940s, Biopics: Writers

Screenplay

Sue Smith

Cast

Juliet Stevenson, Richard Roxburgh, Katherine Slattery, Alex Tomasetti, Tim Guinee, John Howard, Bernard Curry, Sean Hall

Cinematography

Tristan Milani

Director

Brendan Maher

Music

Stephen Rae