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Mood:
- BleakDisturbingSincereThought ProvokingBiting
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Plot:
- Dedicated LawyerLegal ActionUncover TruthCourtroom DramaFalse AccusationInjusticeCrimesLegal more...
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Genres:
- DramaThriller
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Time/Period:
- 80s
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Place:
- AustraliaCourtroom
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Praise:
- Critically AcclaimedCannes Festival Winner
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- Based on BookBased on True Story
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- SeriousRealistic
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A Cry in the Dark, 1988
English
Australia, USA
Profile of A Cry in the Dark
The mood of A Cry in the Dark is disturbing, bleak, and biting. The plot centers around a dedicated lawyer, legal action, and a false accusation. It is a drama and thriller movie. In approach, A Cry in the Dark is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a courtroom. The setting is Australia. A Cry in the Dark happens in the 1980s. It is originally a true story and based on a book. The movie is known for being a Cannes festival winner and critically acclaimed.
Summary of A Cry in the Dark
Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star in this documentary style film adaptation of the true story of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, an Australian couple who lived the nightmare of losing their infant daughter during a family camping trip. When Lindy (Streep) spies a dingo nearby, authorities launch a frantic search, but all they find is a torn, bloodied garment. The press, distressed by the mother's seeming "lack of emotion," and suspicious of her strict Seventh Day Adventist religious beliefs, begin to accuse her of murdering the baby. The sentiment against her begins to grow, and soon the whole continent is talking about the case in a malicious witch hunt. Despite the lack of evidence, Lindy Chamberlain is imprisoned; although investigators eventually reexamine her story, the damage is done: the innocent mother's relationship with her husband has been irreparably destroyed and she has spent over three years in prison for a crime she did not commit. This painful portrayal of the power of public opinion and political and emotional persecution is captured with steely intensity by Streep, she is captivating as the much-maligned victim of social injustice who is bolstered by her strong religious faith and stoic demeanor.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Australia, USA |
| Release date: | 11 November 1988 |
| Runtime: | 120 min |
| Awards: | Cannes |
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Cast and Crew
as Lindy Chamberlain
as Michael Chamberlain
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