Aboriginal men kill one of the convicts and injure Jago in an unsuccessful rescue mission. Hawkins takes a liking to one of the convicts, a child named Eddie, and Ruse kidnaps a woman named Lowanna to be used as a sex slave. Meanwhile, the officers recruit three white convicts and an Aboriginal man, Charlie for their journey. Billy tells Clare that his actual name is Mangana, palawa kani for “blackbird”, the yellow-tailed black cockatoo, and that he wishes to go north to reunite with the still-living female members of his people. At first, Clare is domineering and racist toward Billy while he sees her as being no different to the other colonists who murdered his family members, but their mutual hostility dissipates during their time together and they gradually bond as they learn about each other's tragic upbringings, with both gaining an increased appreciation for each other's culture. Clare presents the mission to Billy as her desire to rendezvous with her husband on his journey. She then reports the incident to a RMP officer, but realizes that he's of no help, so decides to seek revenge herself, with the help of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy. Instructed to kill Clare and "finish things," a hesitant Jago hits her in the head with his rifle butt. Hawkins shoots and kills Aidan, and commands Jago to quiet Clare's crying baby, resulting in Jago swinging the infant against the wall and killing her. Hawkins rapes Clare and bids Ruse to do so as well, which he does. Before departing, the soldiers intercept the Carroll family, attempting to flee. Hawkins commands Ruse and Jago to gather supplies for a journey through the bush to the town of Launceston, Tasmania, in hopes of negotiating with the officer.
The visiting officer witnesses the incident and decides that he is unfit for promotion. That night, Aidan engages in a brawl with Hawkins, his second-in-command Sergeant Ruse, and Ensign Jago. Aidan suspects that Clare has been hurt but remains calm when he confronts Hawkins about the letter, but he fails to sway him.
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She asks about the letter of recommendation that would free her, her husband Aidan, and their infant daughter Bridget, but Hawkins rapes her for her perceived insolence. Hawkins makes unwanted advances on her and Clare rebuffs them. After work, Clare visits Hawkins to make an inquiry, and he forces her to sing a special song for him. Clare, nicknamed "Nightingale", sings and serves drinks for the men. The unit is visited by an officer to see if Hawkins is fit for promotion. In 1825, on the eve of the Black War, Irish convict Clare Carroll works as a servant for a Colonial force detachment commanded by Lieutenant Hawkins. However, the film received controversy for its extreme and graphic depictions of violence and rape. The film received positive reviews for its performances, atmosphere, cinematography, screenplay, scope, and acknowledgement of racial violence in Australia. The film premiered at Venice on 6 September 2018 and was theatrically released in Australia on 29 August 2019, by Transmission Films. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 75th Venice International Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize. It stars Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, and Baykali Ganambarr and was filmed mostly in English, with some Irish and palawa kani. Set in 1825 in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (present-day Tasmania), the film follows a young female convict seeking revenge for terrible acts of violence committed against her and her family. Regardless, solid flick all around but easily the darkest film of the year.The Nightingale is a 2018 Australian historical psychological thriller drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Jennifer Kent.
Walking out of the theater(when it was first released) had me asking: I respect that it was made but should it have been made? I get that we shouldn't sweep our history under the rug but I was hoping for something more along the lines of a straight up revenge thriller as opposed to something that leans & relies towards heavy subjects & themes. On the subject of Hawkins: I get we're supposed to despise him but him murdering Eddie was flat out overkill(from a storytelling perspective). I didn't like that Billy took the kliling strike to Hawkins since I felt Clare deserved that but I can understand why it had to be done since, at that point, it seemed she had started to let go of her rage and her confronting him was her finally starting to let go/move on from the atrocities done to her. ** Spoilers, obviously ** There were certain moments where the director's horror roots bled into the film and those elements made for engaging scenes that induced genuine feelings of anxiety or unease(such as Clare seeing her dead family in the dream) which I really enjoyed.
Powerful film, good performances but my god is it bleak.
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