The Nightingale is a 2018 Australian Western film written, directed, and co-produced by Jennifer Kent.[5][6][7] 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 a terrible act of violence committed against her family. It stars Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, and Baykali Ganambarr, and was filmed mostly in English, with some Irish and Palawa kani.