2022 · 1 season · Crime

6.3 Modest

Series finished

Crime Drama

When thirty-year-old Miki Anderson returns to her home town in rural Victoria after fifteen years in prison, she wants nothing more than to put her life back together. To figure out who she is on the outside. But her presence dredges up long-held secrets from the past and Miki realizes everything she thought she knew was wrong. And it is far from over.

Country of origin: 🇦🇺 Australia
Year: 2022

Created by: Belinda Bradley, Franz Docherty, Giula Sandler
Channel: ABC TV
Studio: Aquarius Films · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Trivia & behind the scenes

Origins

The six-part series was co-created by writers Belinda Bradley, Franz Docherty and lead writer Giula Sandler.

Filming

Savage River was filmed in Melbourne, Warburton in the Yarra Valley, and in Bright and Myrtleford in the High Country of Victoria.

Filming

Veteran cinematographer Don McAlpine worked on the series under the direction of Jocelyn Moorhouse.

Trivia

The production was funded by Screen Australia with support from VicScreen through production investment and the Regional Location Assistance Fund.

Trivia

The series was produced by Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford of Aquarius Films for ABC Television.

Reception

Critical reception was mixed: Travis Johnson of Flicks found the series too long to sustain interest, while critic Emma Maguire praised it as a gripping example of the 'Australian Gothic' genre.

Reception

Emma Maguire noted that the show's depiction of an abattoir job reveals Savage River as 'a town built on blood and slaughter,' a truth she connects to the colonial violence at the foundation of modern Australia.

Themes

australia miniseries

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