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

Made Up Stories

Screen Australia

Screen Tasmania

South Australian Film Corporation

Bron Studios

FilmNation Entertainment

Causeway Films

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

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