The Nightingale

(2018)

★ 7 IMDb · 691 votes

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Western

Year: 2018

Runtime: 136 мин

Country: Australia, United States of America

Director: Jennifer Kent

Cast: Эшлинг Франчози, Сэм Клафлин, Baykali Ganambarr, Дэймон Херриман, Harry Greenwood, Ивен Лесли, Чарли Шотуэлл, Майкл Шисби, Matthew Sunderland, Magnolia Maymuru

Plot

In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

'THE NIGHTINGALE' is a meditation on the horrors of Australian colonization, set at the turn of the 19th century. 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 fight to overcome their distrust and prejudices against the backdrop of Australia's infamous 'Black War.'