The Luminaries is a TV mini-series directed by Claire McCarthy in 2020 and based on the book of the same name by Eleanor Catton, first published in 2013. The TV series features Eve Hewson, Eva Green, Himesh Patel, Marton Csokas, Ewen Leslie, Benedict Hardie, and others.
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Storyline
A 19th-century tale of love, murder and revenge as men and women travel across the world to make their fortunes on the wild West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Anna Wetherall is a young women who travels to New Zealand in the hopes of finding gold during the Gold Rush. After meeting Emery Staines on the way there and feeling an instant attraction, she is tricked into working for the mysterious Lydia Wells, who also tricks her into missing her meeting with Emery – separating the pair.
Movie vs Book
Year
2020
Minutes
60
Movie Rate
6.30
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
The Luminaries
Director: Claire McCarthy
Country: UK
Year: 2020-
Length: 60m / 6 episodes
Year
2013
Pages
848
Book Rate
7.44
S: Goodreads
Book
The Luminaries
Author: Eleanor Catton
Country: New Zealand
First published in: 2013
Length: 848 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.”
SIDNEY SHELDON (Writer, Screenwriter)
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