Nitram

"April 28, 1996, an event upsets Australia"

2021 1h 52m EN

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 225

ThrillerCrimeDrama

Synopsis

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Based on true events, "Nitram" lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never fitting in. As his anger grows, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most heinous of acts.

“April 28, 1996, an event upsets Australia”

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Cast

Caleb Landry Jones
Nitram
Judy Davis
Mother
Anthony LaPaglia
Dad
Sean Keenan
Jamie
Essie Davis
Helen
Phoebe Taylor
Riley
Lucy-Rose Leonard
Girl in the Bar
Annabel Marshall-Roth
Real-estate Agent

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Justin Kurzel
Writers: Shaun Grant
Languages: English
Countries: Australia

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Justin Kurzel, shot by Germain McMicking. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jed Kurzel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nick Fenton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Caleb Landry Jones and Judy Davis and Anthony LaPaglia carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "April 28, 1996, an event upsets Australia".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt13694628 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Justin Kurzel directs. Germain McMicking behind the camera. Jed Kurzel scores. Nick Fenton cuts. Produced in Australia. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 5 years ago.
2Directed by Justin Kurzel, shot by Germain McMicking. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Jed Kurzel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Nick Fenton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Caleb Landry Jones and Judy Davis and Anthony LaPaglia carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "April 28, 1996, an event upsets Australia".
7IMDB entry: tt13694628 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Germain McMicking
Original score: Jed Kurzel
Editing: Nick Fenton
Production design: Alice Babidge
Costume design: Alice Babidge
Makeup / hair: Fiona Rees-Jones
Sound: Steve Single
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Nitram (2021)

Awards

AACTA Award for Best Direction
AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
AACTA Award for Best Film
AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
AACTA Award for Best Editing

Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.

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CinemaSerf2022-07-05
★ 7/10
Caleb Landry Jones is really good as the eponymous character in this well told story of the build up to the worst gun-crime atrocity in Australian history. As the title may suggest, this young man has some mental health issues that his peers have enjoyed ridiculing over the years and that his parents Judy Davis and Anthony LaPaglia have spent some time trying to manage - and that's not been an easy task. He wants to learn to surf, but to buy a board he needs cash so starts his own lawn-cutting enterprise. He asks an eccentric, but wealthy, local woman "Helen" (Essie Davis) if he can cut her lawn but his mower breaks down so she asks him to walk her dogs instead. The pair start to bond over some Gilbert & Sullivan, and after a row with his long suffering mother he moves in and the pair plan a trip to Los Angeles together. Tragedy strikes before they can go, and he finds himself inheriting her wealth. This benefaction comes too late to stop another family tragedy but it does enable him to fund an unhealthy obsession with (very easily obtained) semi-automatic guns! Judy Davis offers a fine and nuanced performance here as his truly conflicted mother and Essie Davis is also really quite effective as his dog-loving friend who accepts him unreservedly. The film is presented as if these seemingly unrelated scenarios were a sequence of precariously stacked dominoes. Once one tumbles, there is an inevitability that "Nitram" will lose what little grasp he has and resort to something shocking - though perhaps not quite this! It is not a cheery film, indeed it is quite depressing to watch for much of the latter stages once hope has been well and truly extinguished from the young man's life; but it is most certainly worth watching if you are in the mood for something challenging.

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