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Thou Shalt Not Steal

Year of completion
2024
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Series
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Duration
8 x 24 minute episodes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

THOU SHALT NOT STEAL is an eight-episode road series set in Central and South Australia in the 1980s. On a search for the truth behind a family secret, Robyn, a young Aboriginal delinquent, escapes from detention and reluctantly teams up with awkward teenager Gidge. Together they flee her small central desert community on a perilous journey across the outback, finding answers and learning some hard life lessons along the way. Hot on their heels are Maxine, a sex worker whose taxi Robyn stole, and Gidge’s domineering father Robert, a fraudulent preacher.
Completion Year
2024
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Format
Series
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Producer

Lauren Brown, Sam Moor

Director

Dylan River

Writer

Dylan River, Tanith Glynn-Maloney, Sophie Miller, Samuel Nuggin-Paynter, Benedict Paxton-Crick

Executive Producer

Daley Pearson, Charlie Aspinwall, Tanith Glynn-Maloney, Sophie Miller

Director of Photography

Tyson Perkins

Composer

Vincent Goodyer

Editor

Chris Plummer

Production Designer

Jonah Booth-Remmers

Cast

Sherry-Lee Watson, Will McDonald, Miranda Otto, Noah Taylor, Natasha Wanganeen, Warren H. Williams, William McKenna, Darren Gilshenan, Shari Sebbens, Kelly Butler, Anni Finsterer, Andy Golledge, Eddie Baroo, Andy McPhee, Chloe Brink, Damian Walshe-Howling, Fletcher Humphrys, Geoff Morrell, Justin Rosniak, Emily Taheny, Bonnie SveeN

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    Project-specific support provided by Screen Australia's development programs since the agency's inception in July 2008. Production support

Screenings

2024 — Toronto International Film Festival

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Thou Shalt Not Steal

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Production Company

Ludo Holdings Pty Ltd

Since1788 Productions Pty Ltd
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