A CRY IN THE DARK

Fred SCHEPISI
  • 1989
  • In Competition
  • Feature Films
Award for Best Actress 1989

” A cry in the dark ” is the true story of the Chamberlain family’s tragedy when their 9 ½ week old baby daughter disappeared from their tent while they were camping at the Ayers Rock in the dead heart of Australia.
It is the shameful story of a nation, fuelled by a sensationalist media, acting more on rumour, innuendo and suspicion than fact, obsessed with convicting the parents of murdering their child; refusing to believe the Chamberlain’s explanation that she was taken by a Dingo – a wild dog.
The film takes no dramatic license. It presents the facts, and the various points of view, undistorted and unbiased, allowing them to speak for themselves. It shows the private reality of the parents as opposed to the public perception.

Directed by : Fred SCHEPISI
Country: Australia, United Kingdom

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CHIMÈRE

Claire DEVERS

DAS SPINNENNETZ

Bernhard WICKI

DOM ZA VESANJE

Emir KUSTURICA

EL NINO DE LA LUNA

Agusti VILLARONGA

FRANCESCO

Liliana CAVANI

KUARUP

Ruy GUERRA

KUROI AME

Shôhei IMAMURA

KVINNORNA PA TAKET

Carl-Gustaf NYKVIST

LOST ANGELS

Hugh HUDSON

MONSIEUR HIRE

Patrice LECONTE

MYSTERY TRAIN

Jim JARMUSCH

NUOVO CINEMA PARADISO

Giuseppe TORNATORE

REUNION

Jerry SCHATZBERG

SEX, LIES & VIDEOTAPE

Steven SODERBERGH

SPLENDOR

Ettore SCOLA

SWEETIE

Jane CAMPION

TORRENTS OF SPRING

Jerzy SKOLIMOWSKI