Prime Video has unveiled the trailer for Justin Kurzel’s Limited Series ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’, an adjustment of the novel of the same name by Richard Flanagan, Male Booker Prize-Winning novel and with Jacob Elordi in a leading role as Dorrigo Evans.
De decenniumoverschrijdende serie gefilmd in New South Wales, Australië, en brengt het leven van Evans in kaart, een medische officier die een Japanse krijgsgevangene wordt en wordt achtervolgd door zijn gepassioneerde, maar onmogelijke liefdesaffaire met Amy Mulvaney (Odessa Young), de vrouw van zijn oom, de rest van zijn leven. Written by Shaun Grant (“Nitram”, “Snowtown”), “The narrow road to the deep north” then portrays him as a returned war hero who becomes a respected surgeon.
The Buzzed About Limited Australian Series premiered his world at the Berlin Film Festival, where Kurzel and Elordi were in the city to promote the show. It collected one of the hottest ovation of the festival.
All five episodes of “The Narrow Road to The Deep North” premiere in Australia, Nieuw -Zeeland and Canada on April 18 on Prime Video. Presented by Amazon MGM Studios, the series was produced by Curio Pictures.
The international cast is completed by Ciarán Hinds (“Belfast”), Olivia Dejonge (“Elvis”), Heather Mitchell (“Love Me”), Show Kasamatsu, Thomas Weatherall (“Heartbreak High”) and Simon Baker (“Limbo”).
“The Smal Road to the Deep North” is produced by Curio Pictures and internationally distributed by Sony Pictures Television. Jo Porter and Rachel Gardner from Curio Pictures Executive Produce. Richard Flanagan, Shaun Grant and Justin Kurzel are also executive producers with Alexandra Taussig who act as a producer.
The most important production financing is provided by Screen Australia, with the help of the NSW government via Screen NSW’s Made in NSW and PDV funds.
“The Smal Road to the Deep North” is one of the 30 Australian original series that has been commissioned by Prime Video since 2019.