Aug 17, 2026 09:41 PM
"Set on the Australian island of Tasmania in the year 1825, The Nightingale addresses difficult subject matter by staring it squarely in the face. For some viewers, the film will prove too harrowing to watch.
Uncompromising in its depiction of sexual violence, racial bigotry and institutionalized cruelty, the film takes place fifty years after British explorer James Cook claimed the eastern shore of Australia for King and Country. British authorities wasted no time in establishing penal colonies to alleviate the overflowing prison population back home...."
https://writersblocpresents.com/main/the-nightingale/
Uncompromising in its depiction of sexual violence, racial bigotry and institutionalized cruelty, the film takes place fifty years after British explorer James Cook claimed the eastern shore of Australia for King and Country. British authorities wasted no time in establishing penal colonies to alleviate the overflowing prison population back home...."
https://writersblocpresents.com/main/the-nightingale/