If the trailer's schmaltz has put you off watching this film, try your hand at selective amnesia and go see the film anyway. (I mainly went because I tend to see every film shown at The Riverside.)
Keisha Castle-Hughes is spellbinding in the lead role, showing a lot more talent and maturity than most actors these days. And while the film veers close to excessive sentimentality at times (at a couple of points it drags on a bit too), that's easily forgotten when you see the sweeping landscape - physical, emotional and cultural - underlying the story.
(OK I'll admit: I cried. But only a bit.)
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