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The Daughter

2015 · Movie · 96 min · ★ 6.3 · 70% critics

Drama

In a struggling logging town facing hard times, a man returns home for his father’s wedding and reconnects with an old friend whose family is under strain. As he grows closer to the friend’s household, a long-buried truth surfaces, testing loyalties and threatening to fracture relationships across the community.

Based on The Wild Duck

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Details
Years
2015
Release date
2015-10-09
Language
English
Runtime
96 min
Critic score
70/100
TMDB rating
6.3/10 (92 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dark, slow-building family drama about secrets and fallout, with intense emotions and moral messiness; Not for you if you dislike bleak, talky stories like Out of the Furnace.

Pros: gripping family tension; strong performances; slow-burn suspense | Cons: heavy melodrama; slow, muddled start; emotionally draining tone

Themes

  • australia
  • forest
  • friends
  • unemployment
  • logging
  • depressing

Awards & recognition

  • AACTA AwardBest Actress in a Leading Role · 2016
  • AACTA AwardBest Actress in a Supporting Role · 2016
  • AACTA AwardBest Adapted Screenplay · 2016
  • AACTA AwardBest Adapted Screenplay · 2016 · nominated
  • AACTA AwardBest Actor in a Leading Role · 2016 · nominated
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  • AACTA AwardBest Production Design · 2016 · nominated
  • AACTA AwardBest Actress in a Leading Role · 2016 · nominated
  • AACTA AwardBest Sound · 2016 · nominated
  • AACTA AwardBest Film · 2016 · nominated
  • AACTA AwardBest Actor in a Supporting Role · 2016 · nominated
  • AACTA AwardBest Editing · 2016 · nominated
  • AACTA AwardBest Actress in a Supporting Role · 2016 · nominated
  • IFFR audience award · 2016 · nominated

Cast & crew

Directed by Simon Stone