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The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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  • 2025
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2025)
Burma Railway in 1943 and across the Pacific during World War II, charts the cruelty of war, the tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love, as seen through the eyes of an Australian doctor and prisoner of war.
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Burma Railway in 1943 and across the Pacific during World War II, charts the cruelty of war, the tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love, as seen through the eyes of an Australian ... Read allBurma Railway in 1943 and across the Pacific during World War II, charts the cruelty of war, the tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love, as seen through the eyes of an Australian doctor and prisoner of war.Burma Railway in 1943 and across the Pacific during World War II, charts the cruelty of war, the tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love, as seen through the eyes of an Australian doctor and prisoner of war.

  • Stars
    • Jacob Elordi
    • Odessa Young
    • Ciarán Hinds
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    2.1K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    449
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    • Stars
      • Jacob Elordi
      • Odessa Young
      • Ciarán Hinds
    • 48User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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      • 1 nomination total

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    Jacob Elordi
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    • Dorrigo Evans
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    Odessa Young
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    • Amy Mulvaney
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    Ciarán Hinds
    Ciarán Hinds
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    • POW Camp Soldier 'Mango'
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    William Lodder
    William Lodder
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    10Moldyloks

    Absolutely brilliant

    One of the best and the hardest show I have ever watched. I sat watching this with my father next to me telling me of the stories his father would tell him of working the Thai-Burma railway in those very conditions. I watch as he had tears telling me this was like a visualization of those very stories. The story was well written and the characters were all play so well. The cinematography was brilliant despite what other reviewers say, you felt as though you were there in that jungle and the soundtrack was haunting and will stick with you. It left me very shaken but was well worth the watch, would highly recommend but be warned it is very full on and doesn't shy away from brutality.
    Eleanoref

    Disappointing

    Had high expectations, but was very disappointed. The misty, murky photography made it hard to watch and I gave up. The lead actor mumbles his way through the episodes and Ciarin Hind's Aussie accent is even worse, and he too mumbles. The producer should have hired someone who knew how Aussies spoke in 1941, because they certainly did not call a dinner jacket , a tuxedo, nor say hi in a formal setting. I know the series is based on a book, which I have not read, but the movie, Bridge on the River Kwai was better and if you want to know about the hardships suffered by Aussies in Japanese POW camps, read about Sir Weary Dunlop.
    5jimwintonporter

    Not able to watch and enjoy

    I really wanted to watch this series. However, as seems to be a cinematography trope with some films and series these days, e.g. 'Nosferatu' I could not see the actors faces in a lot of the scenes as it's been colour graded with a dark hue that prevents me being able to see the nuances in the characters interactions. This artistic choice spoiled it for me. Does the darkness represent the lead characters ethical/moral struggles as complex multilayered people and the inhumanity and darkness of war and it's ongoing residue in their minds, probably, but I would have preferred to be able to see them struggling with these emotions. I tried really hard as the acting, set design and direction are striving towards something truthful and beautiful but ruined in my opinion by the cinematography. The actors commitment to their roles is admirable, however in search of truth the actors sometimes belong to the mumble, whisper my lines style that makes the dialogue unintelligible. Maybe it's my smart TV's inability to render it watchable, but I doubt it!
    8Erik_Surewaard

    This mini-series may leave you somewhat confused during episode 1 and 2, but I guarantee that episode 3 and 4 will leave you flabbergasted

    I do not know whether the events in this mini-series really happened or not. They do look pretty genuine to me though.

    The storyline is quite complex, whereby they basically consist of three separate stories that are all experienced by the same person. Three stories that the viewer will experience in 5 episodes, which are a continuous back-and-forth between all these different stories.

    First of all, this mini-series is about a love story. This whereby the main character is challenged to choose between his already existing relationship with a girl that is part of the most elite family in Australia. Next to her, he experiences real love with the young wife of his uncle.

    Second, this mini-series is about the main character having to go to war (WW2), whereby he eventually ends up in a Japanese POW camp. Located in Thailand, he and his fellow soldiers experience how truely evil man can be. As POW's, they are forced to work on the infamous "Burma Railway", which is also known as the "Railway of Death".

    Third and last, this mini-series is about the main character being at old age, whereby he is a successful surgeon. This part of the story is about looking back to his past. You see the struggles that defined him in all his years post-war. I see in this part a message that the horrors of war can not be explained other than by really experiencing themselves. And this whereby these war experiences will define a person for the rest of his life.

    Considering the complexity of the 3 above-mentioned stories, it takes some time to really understand who is who and what exactly you are watching. After having watches all five episodes, I went back and rewatches episode one. And this caused me to really better understand the events that took place at the start of the mini-series. I therefore think that the director of this mini-series might have made a mistake in mixing the three stories. Maybe it would have been a better choice to show all events in a chronological way. But no matter what, in its current state it still is a great watch. You will just need some time in episode one and two to get accustomed to who is who and what events you are looking at. I guarantee you though that this mini-series will leave quite some impression on you in episodes three and four... This where you will experience the true horrors of life in a Japanese POW camp.

    A combination of great acting and truely breathtaking cinematography - especially the scenes that take place in the POW camp are "eye candy" - this mini-series is a great experience to watch.

    Overall, I score this mini-series as 8.1/10, resulting in a well-deserved 8-star IMDb rating. Especially the story that takes place in the POW camp make this mini-series a very worthwile watch and a reminder of the cruelties that took place during WW2.
    10ornella-sl

    Brutally brilliant.

    One of the hardest things I watched yet one of the best things I watched.

    Do yourself a favour and press play. Photography is just alluring, poetic and yet so descriptive that you just can't look away. Storytelling is compelling and keeps you constantly engaged, its tragedy and mourning, and romance, and longing and suffering and friendship and companionship. All together, all at once.

    Despite being a short series, you get to know every character in such a way that it becomes personal, you suffer with them, you laugh with them and you miss them when they are gone.

    It's a shot straight to the heart but oh such a lovely one.

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      The last survivor of those that built the railway died in January 2024.

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      • April 18, 2025 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Australia
      • United States
    • Language
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    • Also known as
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    • Filming locations
      • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Amazon Studios
      • Curio Pictures
      • FremantleMedia Australia
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