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The Nightingale
Directed by
Jennifer Kent
Produced by Jennifer Kent, Kristina Ceyton, Bruna Papandrea, and Steve Hutensky
Produced by Jennifer Kent, Kristina Ceyton, Bruna Papandrea, and Steve Hutensky
With:
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, and Luke Carroll
Cinematography:
Radek Ladczuk
Editing: Simon Njoo
Music: Jed Kurzel
Editing: Simon Njoo
Music: Jed Kurzel
Runtime:
136 min
Release Date: 29 August 2019
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 29 August 2019
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Color: Color
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Kent follows up her excellent debut The Babadook with this brutal, period revenge drama about sexual assault, colonial oppression, and frontier justice. Not an easy watch, the deliberately meandering work is an effective meditation on the consequences of violence in its many forms.