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MARY is based on the true life story of Mary MacKillop who in the 1860s began an order of nuns to teach poor Catholic children in rural Australia. When she refused to obey the local Bishop, she was ex-communicated. More than 100 years later, in 1995, she was beatified as Australia's first saint. The film follows her tumultuous journey.
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Lucy Bell Linden Wilkinson Rebecca Scully-Webster Brendan Higgins Brian Harrison Maureen Green Brian McDermott Stephen Leeder Frank Garfield Roslyn Oades Vanessa Downing Dean Nottle Lynne Porteous Jane McDermott Kye Clark James Klein Jaclyn Hewett Deborah Galanos Christen Cornell Ron Zines Jeanette Moon Chris Hanrahan Tommaso Monacelli Claire Dunn Marie Foale P. Peter Gumpel Margaret McKenna
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