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Actors: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Cry in the Dark |
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This movie, co-written and directed by Fred Schepisi in 1988, earned five Australian Academy awards in 1989.
Michael Chamberlain, a minister, his wife Lindy and their three children are on holiday in the northern part of Australia. One night, close to Ayers Rock, a dingo creeps into their tent and snatches the little Azaria, their three weeks old baby. Only the clothes of Azaria are found and soon this case enthralls the whole country. The Chamberlains agree to give many interviews but their words are often misquoted. Persistent rumours according to which Azaria would not have been the victim of a dingo but assassinated by her own mother start to circulate. A first trial clears the Chamberlains.
One year later, a second trial starts with new elements. Blood was discovered inside the car of the Chamberlains and experts assure that the clothes of Azaria were not lacerated by the fangs of an animal but by scissors. Lindy Chamberlain's haughty behaviour during the trial displeases the journalists and the members of the jury who finally find her guilty of murder although there is no proof that she assassinated her own child.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Legal Thriller Plotlets:
- finding out whether someone is really guilty
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/butch/lez (woman)
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Australian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Australian
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Australia
Misc setting
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- 1
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Unusual forms of death
- eaten
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Is this movie based on a
- book
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