Knowing that "The Nightingale" is from the director of "The Babadook" and seeing the poster, you might think that it's a horror movie. Well, the horror is the sheer cruelty of the British towards the Irish and Aborigines. Set in 1825 Tasmania, it focuses on an Irish woman working as a servant. After a British official murders her husband and baby, she enlists the help of an Aboriginal tracker to find the officer.
The movie leaves little to the imagination in showing how the British treated those whom they considered "inferior". You can bet money that a lot of the people sent to the penal colonies in Australia got arrested for petty crimes. The movie also serves as a reminder of Australia's continued appalling treatment of its indigenous population (defined by John Pilger as de facto apartheid).
Definitely see it.
The movie leaves little to the imagination in showing how the British treated those whom they considered "inferior". You can bet money that a lot of the people sent to the penal colonies in Australia got arrested for petty crimes. The movie also serves as a reminder of Australia's continued appalling treatment of its indigenous population (defined by John Pilger as de facto apartheid).
Definitely see it.