The Nightingale

Sep 23, 2018

2h 16m

★ 7.1

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Western

Production Companies

Causeway Films

Made Up Stories

Screen Australia

South Australian Film Corporation

FilmNation Entertainment

The Nightingale Trailers

Cast

Clare

Aisling Franciosi

Hawkins

Sam Claflin

Billy

Baykali Ganambarr

Ruse

Damon Herriman

Jago

Harry Greenwood

Goodwin

Ewen Leslie

Eddie

Charlie Shotwell

Aidan

Michael Sheasby

Davey

Matthew Sunderland

Lowanna

Magnolia Maymuru

Major Bexley

Christopher Stollery

Stoakes

Nathaniel Dean

There is instant chemistry between Alice (Gillian Anderson), a businesswoman, and Adam (Danny Dyer), a younger working-class man who installs a security system in her London apartment. She takes him to a party in the country, and they end up making love. But the night turns horrific when they encounter three thugs who maim Adam and rape Alice. The incident turns them into fearful recluses until Alice spots the leader of their attackers (Anthony Calf) -- and the two victims plot a brutal revenge.

5.0

American Nightmare

Jan 29, 2002

A deranged female serial killer stalks seven young people whom phone a radio call-in show to discuss their darkest fears and a night-long game of cat-and-mouse is put into motion by the darkly sinister-looking murderess.

5.4

Borderland

Nov 9, 2007

Three college students, Phil, Ed, and Henry take a road trip into Mexico for a week of drinking and carefree fun only to have Phil find himself a captive of a group of satanic Mexican drug smugglers who kill tourists and whom are looking for a group of new ones to prepare for a sacrifice.

6.5

Burnt Offerings

Oct 18, 1976

A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time someone gets hurt on the grounds, the beat-up house seems to repair itself.

6.0

The Dead Girl

Nov 7, 2006

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.

6.5

The Doom Generation

Oct 20, 1995

Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.

6.5

The United States of Leland

May 15, 2003

A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.

6.0

A Notorious Gentleman

Jan 21, 1935

A lawyer sets out to commit the perfect murder.

0.0

Almeida On Screen: Spring Awakening

Nov 1, 2023

A group of late 19th century German teenagers – silenced and controlled by a censorious society – discover a new world of feeling and freedom outside the classroom, with beautiful and devastating consequences.

7.2

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Dec 20, 2007

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

6.9

Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Dec 2, 2000

Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates.

5.6

Summer Heat

Mar 20, 2008

Photographer Bob loses his girlfriend. A year later he meets Kathleen. Is she in love? Or does she use him for her dark dealings with the mafia?

6.0

Death Defying Acts

Sep 13, 2007

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.

6.0

The King

May 20, 2007

The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.