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The Nightingale

2018 · 136 min

A harrowing, unflinching journey through trauma and vengeance, beautiful and brutal, demanding emotional endurance.

Directed by
Jennifer Kent
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Western
Starring
Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr
Tagline
Her song will not be silenced.
Overview
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.

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Free in the UK
  • Rakuten TV
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Jennifer Kent
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Western
Starring
Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • trauma
  • colonialism
  • race
  • grief
Places
  • wilderness
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama, thriller, western
Directed by
Jennifer Kent
Written by
Jennifer Kent
Starring
Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie, Charlie Shotwell, Michael Sheasby
Music
Jed Kurzel
Cinematography
Radek Ładczuk
Runtime
136 min
Country
Australia, United States of America, Canada
Languages
Irish, English

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