
The Turning
Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Colin Friels
Colin Friels
Narrator (voice)
Colin Friels
Narrator (voice)


James Fraser
James Fraser
Davo
James Fraser
Davo
Henri Phillips
Henri Phillips
Biggie
Henri Phillips
Biggie


Nikita Leigh-Pritchard
Nikita Leigh-Pritchard
Meg
Nikita Leigh-Pritchard
Meg


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


Callan Mulvey
Callan Mulvey
David Wilson
Callan Mulvey
David Wilson
Alex Bryans
Alex Bryans
Young David
Alex Bryans
Young David
Gwy McKenna
Gwy McKenna
Alan Mannering
Gwy McKenna
Alan Mannering
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