The Nightingale 2018

The Nightingale

The Nightingale

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• 1820's Tasmania.

1825. Van Diemen's Land, Australia. Clare (Aisling Franciosi), a 21-year-old Irish convict, having served her 7-year sentence, is desperate to be free of her abusive master, Lieutenant Hawkins (Sam Claflin) who refuses to release her from his charge. Clare's husband Aidan (Michael Sheasby), retaliates and she becomes the victim of a harrowing crime at the hands of the lieutenant and his cronies.

• A young Irish convict seeks revenge.

Unable to secure justice from the British authorities, Clare decides to pursue Hawkins, who leaves his post suddenly to secure a captaincy up north. She is forced to enlist the help of a young Aboriginal tracker Billy (Baykali Ganambarr) who grudgingly takes her through the rugged wilderness, to track down Hawkins. The terrain and the prevailing hostilities are frightening, as fighting between the original inhabitants of the land and its colonizers plays out in what is now known as 'The Black War.'

Clare and Billy are hostile towards each other from the outset, both suffering their own traumas and both openly racist, but as their journey leads them deeper into the wilderness, they must learn to trust each other, to see each other as more than a source of hatred, and to weigh up the true cost of revenge and violence.

• DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

I wanted to tell a story about violence. In particular, the fallout of violence from a feminine perspective. To do this I've reached back into my own country's history. The colonization of Australia was a time of inherent violence; towards Aboriginal people, towards women, and towards the land itself, which was wrenched from its first inhabitants. Colonization by nature is a brutal act. And the arrogance that drives it lives on in the modern world. For this reason, I consider this a current story despite being set in the past. I don't have all the answers to the question of violence. But I feel they lie in our humanity, in the empathy we hold for ourselves and others.

Jennifer Kent

The Nightingale Movie Details 🎥

Directed by

Jennifer Kent

Writing Credits

Jennifer Kent

Starring

Aisling Franciosi

Sam Claflin

Baykali Ganambarr

Damon Herriman

Harry Greenwood

Charlie Shotwell

Michael Sheasby

Ewen Leslie

Christopher Stollery

Charlie Jampijinpa Brown

Magnolia Maymuru

Dallas Mugarra

Claire Jones

Eloise Winestock

Luke Carroll

Music by

Jed Kurzel

Cinematography by

Radek Ladczuk

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller

Countries: Australia, United States, Canada

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