--- title: 'The Nightingale (2018)' type: 'film' director: 'Jennifer Kent' released: '2018-09-06' runtime_minutes: 136 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Australia' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-nightingale-2018' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4068576/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Nightingale (2018) 2018 · R · 136 min · Drama · Australia ## Synopsis The Nightingale is a 2018 Australian historical psychological thriller film written and directed by Jennifer Kent. The film stars Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie, Charlie Shotwell, Michael Sheasby, and Magnolia Maymuru. Set in 1825 in Van Diemen's Land, it follows a young Irish convict (Franciosi) seeking vengeance against members of the Colonial forces of Tasmania who gang-raped her and killed both her husband and infant daughter. She is aided by an Aboriginal Tasmanian tracker (Ganambarr), who seeks vengeance for the British occupiers' Black War against his people. ## Credits - **Original Music Composer:** [Jed Kurzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jed-kurzel) - **Producer:** [Jennifer Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-kent), [Bruna Papandrea](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruna-papandrea) - **Director:** [Jennifer Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-kent) - **Screenplay:** [Jennifer Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-kent) ## Cast - [Harry Greenwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-greenwood) as Jago - [Aisling Franciosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/aisling-franciosi) as Clare Carroll - [Sam Claflin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-claflin) as Hawkins - [Baykali Ganambarr](https://cinepixo.com/people/baykali-ganambarr) as "Billy" Mangana - [Michael Sheasby](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-sheasby) as Aidan Carroll - [Charlie Shotwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-shotwell) as Eddie - [Ewen Leslie](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewen-leslie) as Goodwin - [Damon Herriman](https://cinepixo.com/people/damon-herriman) as Ruse ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.causewayfilms.com.au/#!nightingale/k88ko Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-nightingale-2018 Film facts: Wikidata (Q29262902); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.