The nightingale / IFC Films, Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania and South Australian Film Corporation present ; in association with Adelaide Film Festival, Bron Creative and FilmNation Entertainment ; a Causeway Films and Made Up Stories production ; produced by Kristina Ceyton, Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Jennifer Kent ; written & directed by Jennifer Kent.
Publisher:
Shout! Factory,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
1 videodisc (136 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie, Charlie Shotwell, Michael Sheasby. Originally released as a motion picture in 2018. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features: The nightingale in context; Making of The nightingale; Image gallery; Theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Set during the colonization of Australia in 1825, the film follows Clare, a 21-year-old native Irish wife and mother held captive beyond her 7-year sentence, desperate to be free of her obsessed master, British lieutenant Hawkins. Clare's husband Aidan intervenes with devastating consequences for all. When British authorities fail to deliver justice, Clare pursues Hawkins, who leaves his post suddenly to secure a captaincy up north. Unfamiliar with the Tasmanian wilderness she enlists the help of an orphaned Aboriginal tracker Billy. Marked by their traumas, the two must learn to find empathy for one another while weighing the true cost of revenge against the backdrop of Australia's infamous 'Black War.'
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