2020 · thriller · mystery
The Dry
Directed by Robert Connolly1h 57m2020
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Our read: The Dry (2020) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller · mystery entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / mystery, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- bleak
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“You want sun-baked Australian mystery where drought and old secrets simmer.”
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