The tension simmers to a boil as the plot runs effectively through two timelines. There are no gotcha moments or simplistic reveals. The Dry is an old-fashioned whodunnit with deliberative pacing. In the present, Aaron confronts deep-seated distrust as the killings reveal multiple sinister motives.

She never showed up, and was later found drowned. As Aaron and Ellie's romance bloomed, he invited her on a river date. The group swam and drank together in the desolate woods. While Luke and Gretchen were a couple, he was enamored with the beautiful Ellie Deacon (BeBe Bettencourt). The film flashes back to Aaron as a teenager (Joe Klocek). They beg Aaron to review the case headed by a kind, but novice policeman (Keir O'Donnell).Īaron's homecoming forces him to remember another awful event in his youth. Luke's parents refuse to believe he was capable of such a crime. He reconnects with Luke's old girlfriend, Gretchen (Genevieve O'Reilly), as they try to come to terms with the tragedy. Luke's childhood best friend, Aaron Falk ( Eric Bana), a minor celebrity investigator in Melbourne, returns home after a long absence. Luke Hadler (Martin Dingle Wall) shoots his wife and school-age son before taking his own life in a dusty riverbed. Everyone is a suspect as dark secrets are laid bare in a harsh and unforgiving environment.Ī horrifying murder-suicide shocks the small rural town of Kiewarra. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Jane Harper, The Dry explores two devastating crimes separated by twenty years. Eric Bana delivers a brilliantly nuanced performance as a federal agent tormented by grief and suspicion. The Dry is a slow burn, meticulously crafted murder mystery set in the scorched landscape of a remote Australian town.

The dry by jane harper