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The Furnace

2020

Roderick MacKay

Jay Ryan, Ahmed Malek, David Wenham, Erik Thomson ...

6.0

31

Western 1897 Western Australia. To escape a harsh existence and return home, a young Afghan cameleer partners with a mysterious bushman on the run with two 400oz Crown-marked gold bars. Together the unlikely pair must outwit a zealous police sergeant and his troopers in a race to reach a secret furnace—the one place where they can safely reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown. The film is an unlikely hero’s tale, navigating greed and ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"While the simmering threat of violence could have been dialed up into more visceral climactic set-pieces, the film tells an engrossing story of a little-known chapter in colonial history"
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"[It] marks the latest compelling entry to this emerging subgenre, and while (...) [it] hews to plenty of formulaic twists, it brings new faces to the traditional 'Outback' survival tale, giving it fresh urgency in the process."
		Nikki Baughan Screendaily	"Roderick MacKay mines the rich history of his Australian homeland for this weighty, surprising and beautifully made tale of the Gold Rush"
		Xan Brooks The Guardian	"Tough as old leather and good as gold (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jay Weissberg Variety	"The film combines racial sensitivity with good old-fashioned storytelling, which should be a winning competition on big screens at home but also abroad."

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