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The Sounds

TV·2020–2020·Acorn TV·Drama, Thriller·1h·6.2·Created by Sarah-Kate Lynch

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Set against the spectacular backdrop of one of New Zealand's greatest hidden secrets -- the remote, idyllic Marlborough Sounds in the South Island, The Sounds is the riveting story of a missing person and a blissful marriage turned upside down in a sleepy town where nothing is quite what it seems. Grieving wives, cheating husbands, epic embezzlement, and historic crime all collide to weave a complicated web stretching through the Sounds' hidden valleys and deep waters.

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Rachelle LefevreRachelle LefevreMaggie CabbottMatt WhelanMatt WhelanTom CabbottPeter ElliottPeter ElliottStuart McGregorTandi WrightTandi WrightKath HinesMorgana O'ReillyMorgana O'ReillyHannah McGregorSara WisemanSara WisemanAnnette McGregorTainui TukiwahoTainui TukiwahoRu KelliherMatt NableMatt NableJack McGregor

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