The Nightingale (2018) on Netflix
R20182h 16mDramaThrillerWestern
In 1825 Tasmania, Irish convict Clare pursues soldier Hawkins through the wilderness after he destroys her family. She enlists Aboriginal tracker Billy, who carries his own trauma.
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- Netflix4.0/5
- IMDb7.3/1041,487 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes86%
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Plot summary
In 1825 Van Diemen's Land, Clare, a young Irish convict, works as a servant for a colonial officer named Hawkins. When Clare asks for a letter that would free her husband and their baby, Hawkins rapes her. That night her husband brawls with Hawkins and other soldiers. The family tries to flee, but the soldiers stop them. They rape Clare again, shoot her husband dead, and kill the baby. Clare reports the assault to an officer but gets no help. She decides to find the men herself and asks an Aboriginal tracker, Billy, to guide her, saying she wants to meet her husband. Billy, whose own family was killed by colonists, agrees to help her in the wilderness.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Nightingale (2018)
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- Approximately 30 of the 600 film-goers at the Sydney Film Festival walked out of The Nightingale because of its graphic depictions of rape and murder; one was heard shouting, "I'm not watching this; she's already been raped twice."
- Because of the brutality of its scenes, psychologists were brought onto the set of The Nightingale to support the actors during production.
- Italian film critic Sharif Meghdoud shouted "Shame on you, whore, you're disgusting!" when Jennifer Kent's name appeared in the credits of The Nightingale at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.
- The Nightingale was the only film directed by a woman to be included in the main competition of the 75th Venice International Film Festival.
- The Nightingale is the first film to include palawa kani, a reconstructed form of the once extinct Tasmanian languages.
- The Nightingale was produced in collaboration with Tasmanian Aboriginal elders, who asserted that the film was an honest and necessary depiction of their history and a story that needed to be told.
