A Cry in the Dark

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A Cry in the Dark
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PG13,2hrs 0min
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1988
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Warner Home Video
Synopsis: A barely recognizable Meryl Streep plays the real-life Lindy Chamberlain, who for a long period in the early 1980s was the most hated woman in Australia. While visiting the Ayers rock monument in the Outback with her husband Michael (Sam Neill), Lindy notices a dingo creeping into the tent where her baby lies sleeping. Seconds later, the horrified woman discovers that her child is gone. Despite Lindy's anguished insistence that the dingo killed her baby, the Australian public is of the opinion that ... Full Synopsis
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Meryl Streep found a role well-tailored to her skills of impersonation -- as well as to her rather cold on-screen persona -- with A Cry in the Dark, the true story of Lindy Anderson, an Australian woman who was believed to have murdered her newborn child. Director Fred Schepisi displays his usual knack for naturalism and character nuance, without shying away from the more lurid aspects of the case ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Lindy Chamberlain
Michael Chamberlain
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