Title |
Nightingale, The |
Published |
Australia : Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, 2019 |
Description |
sound, color ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
"From the writer & director of The Babadook"-- Cover. |
"Her song will not be silenced"--Cover. |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2018. |
Performers |
Aisling Franciosi,Sam Claflin,Baykali Ganambarr,Damon Herriman,Harry Greenwood,Ewen Leslie,Charlie Shotwell,Michael Sheasby,Matthew Sunderland,Magnolia Maymuru,Christopher Stollery,Nathaniel Dean,Claire Jones,Luke Carroll,Dallas Mugarra |
Summary |
Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence filled past. |
Target audience note |
MA15+ |
Subjects |
Forests and forestry -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Drama |
Violent crimes -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Drama |
Historical films |
Women prisoners -- Ireland -- Drama |
Aboriginal Australians -- Drama |
Australiana -- film |
Revenge -- Drama. |
Tracking and trailing -- Drama |
Soldiers -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century -- Drama |
Aboriginal Tasmanians -- History -- 19th century -- Drama |
Convicts -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century -- Drama |
Women convicts -- Tasmania -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama |