Movie Drama
The true story of Jean Batten is of a daughter determined to live up to a powerful mother, desperate to leave a mark on the world – and prepared to go to the ends of the earth to do so. This is the story of JEAN.
New Zealand New Zealand
Kate Elliott Michael Whalley Miranda Harcourt Lisa Chappell Chelsie Preston Crayford Cameron Rhodes Colin Moy Matthew Chamberlain Fraser Brown Thomasin McKenzie Richard Lambeth Emma Draper Byron Coll Francis Mountjoy Daniel Cleary Kate McGill Geoff Houtman Kat Glass Ash Jones Jan Chisum Guy Clapshaw Lucy Lever Daniel William McLean Justin Lowcay Julian Wilson
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