The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2025)

Directed by

Justin Kurzel

Genre

drama film, historical drama, romantic fiction

Country

Australia

Length

1 season, 5 episodes

Rated

16

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries follows a man named Dorrigo Evans through three stages of his life. It shows his secret romance with his uncle's wife just before World War Two, his brutal time as a prisoner of war in the Far East, and his later years decades afterward.

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What happens

The Narrow Road to the Deep North is an Australian drama miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Richard Flanagan. It was written by Shaun Grant, directed by Justin Kurzel and stars Jacob Elordi, Odessa Young, and Ciarán Hinds. The series follows Dorrigo Evans across three periods: before his deployment to the Second World War, during his time as a Far East prisoner of war, and several decades after the war. Each period reveals different parts of Dorrigo's love affair with his uncle’s new young wife, Amy. The series was released on Amazon Prime on 18 April 2025 to critical acclaim. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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