Australia | 2021 | 112’ | Justin Kurzel, Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Anthony LaPaglia, Essie Davis
In the mid-1990s, Nitram lives with his parents in suburban Tasmania, in a life of isolation and frustration at never being able to fit in. That is, until he unexpectedly finds a close friend in reclusive heiress, Helen. However, when that friendship meets its tragic end, and Nitram’s loneliness and anger grows, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most nihilistic and heinous of acts. Filmmaker Justin Kurzel brings his customary unflinching eye on this exploration of the Port Arthur massacre, one of Australia’s worst mass shootings.
