The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (2005)

Directed by

Peter Andrikidis

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia

Length

1 season, 2 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl from Cornwall is convicted of theft and sent to a penal colony in Australia. She endures hardship and tries to survive in the brutal new world.

historicalbleakgrittyslow-burndeterminedharrowingvisually lushtense

What happens

The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant is a 2005 miniseries loosely based on the life of Mary Bryant, a teenage girl from Cornwall who in this telling was convicted of petty theft (though the historical Mary Bryant was transported for a violent robbery and assault), and who was transported to the Australian penal colony on the First Fleet with other prisoners bound for Botany Bay. It was written by Peter Berry and directed by Peter Andrikidis. The film had a budget in excess of A$15 million, making it the largest-budget television mini-series produced in Australia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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