Dirt Music

2020 105 min ★ 6.2 Drama, Romance

Georgie is slowly suffocating in a loveless marriage to fishing tycoon Jim Buckridge. Handsome poacher Lu is an irresistible symbol of the excitement she craves. A passionate affair follows that reveals the dark secrets in Lu’s past and forces him to take flight into the blistering heat of the outback. Georgie follows, determined to find him and bring him back.

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Cast

Kelly Macdonald

Georgie

Garrett Hedlund

Luther

David Wenham

Jim

Aaron Pedersen

Beaver

Ava Caryofyllis

Bird

Dan Wyllie

Rusty

Chris Haywood

Warwick

Julia Stone

Sal

Syd Brisbane

Chugger

Jessica Niven

Lois

Details

Director

Gregor Jordan

Screenplay

Jack Thorne

Tagline

"Lose yourself... Find yourself... In love."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Wildgaze Films, Aquarius Films, Cornerstone Films, Film4 Productions

Reviews

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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

August 31, 2020

★ 4/10

The worst part about the overly melancholy “Dirt Music,” a real downer of a movie, is that it’s billed as a romance. It’s anything but. The story, based on the critically acclaimed novel by Australian writer Tim Winton, is supposedly one of love and redemption. But a film that’s filled with so much tragedy and a longing for death is not exactly the type of entertainment most would enjoy watching r...

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SWITCH.

September 2, 2020

★ 4/10

'Dirt Music' asks us to embrace two lost characters who eventually go to the edge of the earth to find themselves. Unfortunately, for us, they remain strangers to the end. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-dirt-music-a-typically-flawed-tim-winton-adaptation