The Luminaries (2019)

Directed by

Claire McCarthy

Genre

period drama film, drama television series

Country

New Zealand, United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman arrives in 1860s New Zealand during the gold rush, searching for a fresh start. She gets caught up in a web of secrets, ambition, and a tense relationship with a mysterious man.

moodyatmosphericslow-burnsuspensefulromanticvisually lushmelancholicperiod-feel

What happens

The Luminaries is a 2020 drama television miniseries written by Eleanor Catton (based on her 2013 novel The Luminaries) and directed by Claire McCarthy. The series is centred on a young adventurer named Anna Wetherell (Eve Hewson), who has travelled from the United Kingdom to start a new life in New Zealand during the 1860s West Coast gold rush. In New Zealand The Luminaries premiered on TVNZ 1 on 17 May 2020 and then had its first broadcast in the UK on BBC One on 21 June 2020. The series has received mixed reviews from critics, though it went on to earn 14 nominations at the 2020 New Zealand Television Awards, winning 8 of them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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