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The Nightingale

Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, 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 enlists the services...

Director

Jennifer Kent

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, thriller

Box Office

$400,209

Production

Causeway Films,Made Up Stories,Screen Australia,South Australian Film Corporation,FilmNation Entertainment

Awards

25 wins & 37 nominations

Homepage

https://www.transmissionfilms.com.au/films/the-nightingale

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Clare

Aisling Franciosi

Hawkins

Aidan

Michael Sheasby

Harriet

Ruse

Jago

Harry Greenwood

Luddy

Eloise Winestock

Goodwin

Archie

Billy

Baykali Ganambarr

Uncle Charlie

Charlie Jampijinpa Brown

Bean Pole Convict

Dull Convict

Eddie

Charlie Shotwell

Sheep Farmer

Hanging Man 1

Hanging Man 2

Stoakes

Lowanna

Magnolia Maymuru

Possum Man

Mooltee

Warrior Man 1

Terence Perdjert

Warrior Man 2

Keith Melpi Jabinee

Warrior Man 3

Old Woman

Soldier

Old Man

Soldier

Settler

Campbell McKenzie

Escaped Convict

James O'Connell

Major Bexley

Christopher Stollery

Davey

Matthew Sunderland

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Clare Billy Hawkins Major Bexley Aidan Ruse Jago Eddie

They'll put me back
where | come from - - The Nightingale

They'll put me back where | come from -

Are you gonna leave him
in a cold, dark grave - The Nightingale

Are you gonna leave him in a cold, dark grave

Oise cle - The Nightingale

Clare, please. | can't let you
go out there on your own. - The Nightingale

Clare, please. | can't let you go out there on your own...

(DOGS BARK) - The Nightingale

SINE - The Nightingale

Get me to the soldiers that came by this morning - The Nightingale

Get me to the soldiers that came by this morning

Il give you two shilling -
one now and one - The Nightingale

Il give you two shilling - one now and one

If you kill me before the job's done, - The Nightingale

If you kill me before the job's done,

| seen you - The Nightingale

You get me to my husband,
then take us both to Launceston. - The Nightingale

You get me to my husband, then take us both to Launceston.

-For God's sake, boy!
-Wait, wait. - The Nightingale

-For God's sake, boy! -Wait, wait.

Good choice, Ruse - a skeleton,
a simpleton and a midget. - The Nightingale

Good choice, Ruse - a skeleton, a simpleton and a midget.

| can shine your boots,
make a fire, fetch your water, - The Nightingale

| can shine your boots, make a fire, fetch your water,

(GUNSHOT) - The Nightingale

They'd have killed the wife
and young 'uns too - The Nightingale

They'd have killed the wife and young 'uns too

What you gonna do?
Shoot me or hang me? - The Nightingale

What you gonna do? Shoot me or hang me?

Our people cleared that land - The Nightingale

Our people cleared that land

-What are you doing?
-I'm getting us food. - The Nightingale

-What are you doing? -I'm getting us food.

SQ =i eee meals) cyclen - The Nightingale

SQ =i eee meals) cyclen

(RUSE SNIGGERS) - The Nightingale

(RUSE SNIGGERS)

Watch out -
he'll get you in your sleep. - The Nightingale

Watch out - he'll get you in your sleep.

(RUSE LAUGHS) - The Nightingale

Just makin’ light, sir.
Just makin’ light. - The Nightingale

Just makin’ light, sir. Just makin’ light.

Some Irish convict scum
trying to kill an officer. - The Nightingale

Some Irish convict scum trying to kill an officer.

-I'm sure of it.
-So? - The Nightingale

-I'm sure of it. -So?

Mard-la | melal-me lean
who's gonna do anything about it? - The Nightingale

Mard-la | melal-me lean who's gonna do anything about i...

For all anyone knows, - The Nightingale

For all anyone knows,

SRoe eee
you'll mention it, ensign, - The Nightingale

SRoe eee you'll mention it, ensign,

You were never there.
You don't know what happened. - The Nightingale

You were never there. You don't know what happened.

And when | look at your
stupid face from this point on, - The Nightingale

And when | look at your stupid face from this point on,

RUSE Look on the bright side sir - The Nightingale

RUSE Look on the bright side sir

Two months in Van Diemen's Land - The Nightingale

Two months in Van Diemen's Land

If either of you do anything
to jeopardise this post for me, - The Nightingale

If either of you do anything to jeopardise this post for me,

(BABY WAILS) - The Nightingale

-Five?
-And a little one. A kid. - The Nightingale

-Five? -And a little one. A kid.

Plus Uncle Charlie, them seven. - The Nightingale

Plus Uncle Charlie, them seven.

They go fast. Hardly no stop. - The Nightingale

They go fast. Hardly no stop.

But much more harder,
more bush, more... - The Nightingale

But much more harder, more bush, more...

(BIRD CHIRPS) - The Nightingale

-Your husband a soldier, is he?
-(GIGGLES) - The Nightingale

-Your husband a soldier, is he? -(GIGGLES)

What sort of a husband - The Nightingale

What sort of a husband

Me and my mate, we're partial
to a bit of Irish cunny. - The Nightingale

Me and my mate, we're partial to a bit of Irish cunny.

You stay here a while,
there'll be a decent coin in it for ya. - The Nightingale

You stay here a while, there'll be a decent coin in it ...

Then show me your papers,
you Irish cunt. - The Nightingale

Then show me your papers, you Irish cunt.

Every time something bad happens you're nowhere to be found - The Nightingale

Every time something bad happens you're nowhere to be...

(WAILS) - The Nightingale

-(CHILD SCREAMS)
-I'm not gonna hurt ya. - The Nightingale

-(CHILD SCREAMS) -I'm not gonna hurt ya.

She was just cryin, like this.
| swear they were all dead. - The Nightingale

She was just cryin, like this. | swear they were all dead.

(WOMAN WHIMPERS) - The Nightingale

(WOMAN WHIMPERS)

You can swive her first, sir.
| don't mind. - The Nightingale

You can swive her first, sir. | don't mind.

She's a beauty. Look at her, sir. - The Nightingale

She's a beauty. Look at her, sir.

Let me go - The Nightingale

Get to ‘em today
if the river not too high. - The Nightingale

Get to ‘em today if the river not too high.

(WATER RUSHES) - The Nightingale

You fuckin’ little black devil! - The Nightingale

You fuckin’ little black devil!

But | need time.
| can make spear to hunt. - The Nightingale

But | need time. | can make spear to hunt.

Why don't you go and do it now,
then? Stop whinging about it. - The Nightingale

Why don't you go and do it now, then? Stop whinging abo...

“That's bad way.
You do it whitefella way." - The Nightingale

“That's bad way. You do it whitefella way."

| lived on the streets,
stole what | could to survive. - The Nightingale

| lived on the streets, stole what | could to survive.

And now I'm here
at the arse end of the world with you. - The Nightingale

And now I'm here at the arse end of the world with you.

Welcome to the world boy - The Nightingale

Welcome to the world boy

I'm not "God save the King"
like them white bastards sing. - The Nightingale

I'm not "God save the King" like them white b...

Wane
(SINGS IN LANGUAGE) - The Nightingale

Wane (SINGS IN LANGUAGE)

My brothers, my father,
my uncles - - The Nightingale

My brothers, my father, my uncles -

Them whitefella shot ‘em all
in front of me when | was a kid. - The Nightingale

Them whitefella shot ‘em all in front of me when | was a kid...

My mother, my aunties - - The Nightingale

My mother, my aunties -

Them whitefella take me
far from my family, - The Nightingale

Them whitefella take me far from my family,

Say, “You be like white boy now." - The Nightingale

Say, “You be like white boy now."

That big boss you following -
he's the worst one. - The Nightingale

That big boss you following - he's the worst one.

He make me take him to blackfella, - The Nightingale

He make me take him to blackfella,

I'm gonna find my mother, my aunties. - The Nightingale

I'm gonna find my mother, my aunties.

Go back home to my country - The Nightingale

Go back home to my country

I'm not England - The Nightingale

I'm not England

-You Ireland?
-Yes, I'm Ireland, you fool. - The Nightingale

-You Ireland? -Yes, I'm Ireland, you fool.

-What's your name, lad?
-Eddie. Sir. - The Nightingale

-What's your name, lad? -Eddie. Sir.

Are Pan AAAI e ero oa
-Herel - The Nightingale

Are Pan AAAI e ero oa -Herel

-Where are ya? Hey!
SR IClaaTA - The Nightingale

-Where are ya? Hey! SR IClaaTA

If | was gonna kill ya,
| would've done it by now. - The Nightingale

If | was gonna kill ya, | would've done it by now.

Left you in the river
or with them devils last night. - The Nightingale

Left you in the river or with them devils last night.

Stole it from the hut where
that bastard one shoot at me. - The Nightingale

Stole it from the hut where that bastard one shoot at me.

You white ones go
fast, fast, fast - get nowhere. - The Nightingale

You white ones go fast, fast, fast - get nowhere.

| go slow, get everything done. - The Nightingale

| go slow, get everything done.

Just fix it. We need to get going. - The Nightingale

Just fix it. We need to get going.

-Lowanna!
-Go, boy! - The Nightingale

-Lowanna! -Go, boy!

Them tracks here - older ones. - The Nightingale

Them tracks here - older ones.

-What? | don't under...
-Shhl - The Nightingale

-What? | don't under... -Shhl

That big fella, the soldier one. - The Nightingale

That big fella, the soldier one.

ISM SALMA MEN Ee - The Nightingale

ISM SALMA MEN Ee

(SCREAMS IN FRUSTRATION) - The Nightingale

(SCREAMS IN FRUSTRATION)

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Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, 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 enlists the services...

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Director: Jennifer Kent

Writer: Jennifer Kent

Production: Causeway Films,Made Up Stories,Screen Australia,South Australian Film Corporation,FilmNation Entertainment

Genre: adventure, drama, thriller

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 77/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $400,209

Released: 29 Aug 2019

Awards: 25 wins & 37 nominations

Homepage: https://www.transmissionfilms.com.au/films/the-nightingale

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