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The Nightingale
2018
· Movie
· 136 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1210
- IMDb #1580
- Google retired #2070
- Metacritic #1296
- Letterboxd #1385
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1312
+3 more
- Metacritic Critics #871
- Metacritic Audience #2363
- AlloCiné #1935
Every rating
69–87
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic users on 69, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87.
See the most agreed on films →In 1825 Tasmania, a young Irish convict woman has served her sentence but is trapped by her abusive British officer master. After he commits a horrific act of violence against her family, she pursues him through the rugged wilderness with the help of an Aboriginal tracker. Both are victims of colonial brutality, and their journey becomes a harrowing quest for vengeance.
Details
- Director
- Jennifer Kent
- Writer
- Jennifer Kent
- Released
- 23 September 2018
- Country
- Australia, United States, Canada
- Language
- English, Irish Gaelic, Aboriginal
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $855.8K
- Awards
- 6 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (42) →
Awards & nominations
See all 16 →6 wins from 16 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| AACTA Awards ( 9th ) 2018 | Best Film | Kristina Ceyton, Steve Hutensky, Bruna Papandrea, Jennifer Kent | Winner |
| AACTA Awards ( 9th ) 2018 | Best Direction | Jennifer Kent | Winner |
| AACTA Awards ( 9th ) 2018 | Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted | Jennifer Kent | Winner |
| AACTA Awards ( 9th ) 2018 | Best Actor | Baykali Ganambarr | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 9th ) 2018 | Best Actress | Aisling Franciosi | Winner |
| AACTA Awards ( 9th ) 2018 | Best Supporting Actor | Damon Herriman | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 9th ) 2018 | Best Supporting Actor | Michael Sheasby | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 9th ) 2018 | Best Supporting Actress | Magnolia Maymuru | Winner |
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AACTA Awards ( 9th )
15 nominations, 6 won
| Best Actress | Aisling Franciosi | Winner |
| Best Casting | Nikki Barrett | Winner |
| Best Direction | Jennifer Kent | Winner |
| Best Film | Kristina Ceyton, Steve Hutensky, Bruna Papandrea, Jennifer Kent | Winner |
| Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted | Jennifer Kent | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Magnolia Maymuru | Winner |
| Best Actor | Baykali Ganambarr | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Radek Ladczuk | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Margot Wilson | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Simon Njoo | Nominee |
| Best Hair and Makeup | Nikki Gooley, Cassie O'Brien, Larry Van Duynhoven | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Alex Holmes | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Leah Katz, Robert Mackenzie, Dean Ryan, Pete Smith | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Damon Herriman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Michael Sheasby | Nominee |
Saturn Award ( 46th )
1 nomination
| Best International Film | Nominee |