THE NIGHTINGALE

The second film from Jennifer Kent, who directed the cult horror smash THE BABADOOK, THE NIGHTINGALE premiered at Venice and Sundance Film Festivals and is a gothic colonial horror set in 1825 centring on the story of Clare, a young Irish convict woman, who 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 teams up with an Aboriginal tracker named Billy. Clare and Billy are initially hostile towards the other, both suffering their own traumas but as their journey leads them deeper into the wilderness, they must learn to trust each other, to see each other as more than a source of hatred, and to weigh up the true cost of revenge and violence.

Following the film there will be a panel discussion hosted by Oscar winning producer and Birds’ Eye View director-at-large Mia Bays. She will be joined by Alan Lester, Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Sussex who specialises in Australian colonies during the Nineteenth Century.

Written & Directed by

Jennifer Kent

RT: 136 mins

In UK Cinemas from 29th November 2019

Starring 

Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin and Baykali Ganambarr