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  1. Plot. [edit] The film opens with a scene in which Molly Johnson (Leah Purcell), heavily pregnant, shoots a stray bull which has wandered near her home, after ensuring that her four children are safe.

  2. Aug 19, 2022 · Henry Lawson’s 1892 short story The Drover’s Wife is a core Australian text, the tale of a woman living in a remote rural cabin in the outback of the late 19 th century. Her husband is away for months at a time, driving livestock, and when a snake approaches her cabin, she protects her children.

  3. Aug 19, 2022 · Overview. In 1893, heavily pregnant Molly Johnson and her children struggle in isolation to survive the harsh Australian landscape after her husband left to go droving sheep in the high country. One day, she finds a shackled Aboriginal fugitive named Yakada wounded on her property.

  4. Jun 16, 2021 · A new Australian legend from visionary writer, director and actor Leah Purcell. Read about The Drover's Wife: https://www.screenhub.com.au/news-article/news/...

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  5. May 10, 2021 · His wife Louisa is far more sympathetic, something the movie visualizes with unfortunate heavy-handedness in a late scene that probably worked better on stage. But while Molly appreciates the...

  6. Watch The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson | Netflix. Outside a remote 1890s Australian frontier town, a woman caring for her home and family in her husband's absence forms a connection with a fugitive. Watch trailers & learn more.

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  8. Mar 18, 2021 · Movies. Movie Reviews. ‘The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson’: Film Review | SXSW 2021. Leah Purcell's Australian Western reimagines a classic of colonial literature from an Indigenous...

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