The Daughter

Oct 9, 2015

1h 36m

★ 6.3

It Takes An Outsider To See The Truth Inside.

Overview

In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with his childhood friend Oliver, who has stayed in town working at Henry’s timber mill and is now out of a job. As Christian gets to know Oliver’s wife Charlotte, daughter Hedvig, and father Walter, he discovers a secret that could tear Oliver’s family apart.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Screen NSW

Roadshow Films

The Daughter Trailers

Cast

Henry

Geoffrey Rush

Walter

Sam Neill

Christian

Paul Schneider

Oliver

Ewen Leslie

Charlotte

Miranda Otto

Anna

Anna Torv

Hedvig

Odessa Young

Julianne

Kate Box

Jane

Sara West

Peterson

Nicholas Hope

Craig

Richard Sutherland

Taxi Driver

Robert Menzies

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