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Release date United States: Thursday, February 28, 2008

Director: Richard Roxburgh

Cast:

Eric Bana as Romulus
Franka Potente as Christina
Marton Csokas as Hora
Kodi Smit-McPhee as Rai
Russell Dykstra as Mitru
Jacek Koman as Vacek
Alethea McGrath as Mrs. Lillie
Esme Melville as Miss Collard
Terry Norris as Tom Lillie
Jonathan Oldham as Lidia's Husband (scenes deleted)
Veronica Sywak as Lidia Vukovic

About:

Romulus Gaita has immigrated to Victoria, Australia from his native Yugoslavia with his beautiful German wife, Christina, and their young son, Raimond, in search of a better life. Here, on a lonely and harsh rural homestead, Romulus cares for his wife and son, making a living as a blacksmith and farm laborer. But the glamorous Christina feels increasingly out of place and depressed in this desolate and foreign land, and struggling with her role as a mother and wife, eventually deserts the family, running off with Romulus's best friend. Left alone to raise his young son, Romulus struggles against great adversity, doing his best to give Raimond a childhood, while trying to keep Christina in the boy's life.

Genres:
Drama

Producers: Robert Connolly, John Maynard

Writers: Nick Drake, Raymond Gaita

Studio: Magnolia Pictures