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The Turning
“A unique cinema event.”
57%
Movie
3h 0m
AI Analysis
The Turning (2013) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Turning (2013) — a movie tagged as Drama with epic moods and slow-burn pacing.
Story & themes: Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal… Our models also surface themes such as ai and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect slow-burn storytelling (~180 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Turning 57% (33 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
57%
from 33 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2013-09-25
- Runtime
- 3h 0m
- TMDB rating
- 5.7
- TMDB ID
- 199570
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Where can I watch The Turning (2013)?
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Is there an official trailer for The Turning?
Yes, you can watch the official trailer for The Turning directly on this page. We pull the latest video metadata from TMDb and play it via YouTube integration.
What is The Turning about?
Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlappi... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Turning?
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How long is the movie The Turning?
The official runtime for The Turning is approximately 180 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
- A
Ashlee Page
Director

Warwick Thornton
Director
- M
Marieka Walsh
Director

Robert Connolly
Director
- A
Anthony Lucas
Director

Jub Clerc
Director
- R
Rhys Graham
Director
- J
Jonathan auf der Heide
Director

Tony Ayres
Director
- S
Shaun Gladwell
Director
- S
Stephen Page
Director

Mia Wasikowska
Director
- M
Marcel Dorney
Writer
- M
Marieka Walsh
Writer

Justin Monjo
Writer
- K
Kris Mrksa
Writer
- R
Rhys Graham
Writer

Warwick Thornton
Writer
- A
Ashlee Page
Writer
- A
Andrew Upton
Writer

Jub Clerc
Writer

Claire McCarthy
Writer

Justin Kurzel
Writer
- J
Jonathan auf der Heide
Writer
Cast

Colin Friels
Narrator (voice)

James Fraser
Davo
- H
Henri Phillips
Biggie

Nikita Leigh-Pritchard
Meg

Tim Winton
Narrator (voice)
- J
Joseph Pedley
Vic Lang
- C
Cheyanne Pearce
Melanie

Callan Mulvey
David Wilson
- A
Alex Bryans
Young David
- G
Gwy McKenna
Alan Mannering
- C
Chad Smith
Alan's Friend
- B
Brooklyn Bathurst
Alan's Friend

Talei Howell-Price
David's Wife

Libby Tanner
Gail Lang

Dougie Baldwin
Vic Lang
- T
Taylor Ferguson
Strawberry Alison
- M
Monique Fisher
Roberta

Jake Fehily
Jack
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