Story Line
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.
“Her song will not be silenced.”
Top Cast
Aisling Franciosi
Clare
Sam Claflin
Hawkins
Baykali Ganambarr
Billy
Damon Herriman
Ruse
Harry Greenwood
Jago
Ewen Leslie
Goodwin
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Rating
7.1/ 10
Release Date
2018-09-23
Runtime
2h 16m
Genres
DramaThrillerWestern
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6/10
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•2/2/2026**The Nightingale** (2018)
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Jennifer Kent's *The Nightingale* is a cold, hard look at colonialism, unflinching in its depiction of the brutality that empires are built upon. Set in 1825 Tasmania, it follows Clare (Ais...