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The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

directed and written by Leah Purcell 109 minutes

Leah Purcell has based her film on an outback tale by Henry Lawson, who’s often billed as Australia’s greatest short story writer. His is a simple story about an unnamed woman protecting her children from a deadly snake lurking somewhere under

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