The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 2018
The Nightingale
Directed by
Jennifer Kent
In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
The story
In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
Cast
Aisling FranciosiClare
Sam ClaflinHawkins
Baykali GanambarrBilly
Damon HerrimanRuse
Harry GreenwoodJago
Ewen LeslieGoodwin
Charlie ShotwellEddie
Michael SheasbyAidan
Matthew SunderlandDavey
Magnolia MaymuruLowanna
Christopher StolleryMajor Bexley
Nathaniel DeanStoakes
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Claire JonesHarriet
Dallas MugarraLowanna's Husband
Sam SmithSheep Farmer
Ben McIvorDull Convict
Anthony PhelanTrader
Maggie BlincoOld Woman
Alan FaulknerOld Man
James O'ConnellEscaped Convict
Luke CarrollArchie
Charlie Jampijinpa BrownUncle Charlie
Eloise WinestockLuddy
Huw HigginsonMagistrate
Zachary GormanSoldier
Matt BurtonOutpost Soldier
Cathy AdamekWoman on Road
Matthew WhittetMan on Road
Richard SutherlandThompson /Settler 1
Danzal BakerCaptured Man 1
Wakarra GondarraCaptured Man 2
Buwata MununggurrCaptured Man 3
Jeremy AmbrumVoice Artist
André de VannyVoice Artist
Morgan GriffinVoice Artist
Sam HaftVoice Artist
Brenna HardingVoice Artist
Brandon McClellandVoice Artist
Aleks MikicVoice Artist
Meyne WyattVoice Artist
Andrew CaseyLaunceston Townfolk
Breanna GeerLaunceston Townfolk
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