Martin Bryant The film revolves around the life and behaviors of a mentally distressed young man called "Nitram" (based on Martin Bryant), and the events leading to his involvement in the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania, Australia. The film stars Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Essie Davis and Anthony LaPaglia.

Some locals call him Nitram, a mocking sobriquet from his high school days that would seem to allude to his otherness - specifically, one assumes, his backwardness (the word is Martin spelled backwards).

Similar in style and tone to Kurzel's most revered work, his exploration of another dark chapter in Australia's history, Snowtown, Nitram is an unflashy film built around its carefully constructed dialogue and everyday humans that for all intents and purposes are battling too stay afloat mentally and physically but ...

1h 52mNitram / Running time

Nitram. Written by Shaun Grant, directed by Justin Kurzel.

While Justin Kurzel's Nitram is only a fictional version of the events leading up to the Port Arthur Massacre that unfolded in Tasmania in 1996, it's a highly disturbing and detached account of the life of its mentally ill protagonist. Caleb Landry Jones puts in an incredible performance in the lead role.

Based on a true story, Nitram tells the story of 28-year-old Martin Bryant who, in 1996, went on a shooting rampage in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others. It was the worst mass shooting in Australian history.

Of course, Kurzel's film wasn't made with foreign audiences in mind, and “Nitram” ends with a nauseating caution to American viewers who might be inclined to co-opt this tragedy as their own: No part of Australia has fully implemented the firearms restrictions that were signed into law following the Port Arthur ...

Critic Reviews for Skinamarink But it can be a polarizing experience that pushes the limits of patience. January 28, 2023 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Taps into a primal fear of a child waking up in the night finding the things they take comfort (home, toys, cartoons) twisted into something nightmarish in the dark.

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Essie Davis Then he meets Helen (Essie Davis), a reclusive, slightly oddball heiress. Helen lives in a big old house that's falling into disrepair with a menagerie of dogs and cats. Helen gives Nitram a connection beyond his family.

Based on a true story, Nitram tells the story of 28-year-old Martin Bryant who, in 1996, went on a shooting rampage in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others. It was the worst mass shooting in Australian history.

Based on a true story, Nitram tells the story of 28-year-old Martin Bryant who, in 1996, went on a shooting rampage in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.

While Justin Kurzel's Nitram is only a fictional version of the events leading up to the Port Arthur Massacre that unfolded in Tasmania in 1996, it's a highly disturbing and detached account of the life of its mentally ill protagonist. Caleb Landry Jones puts in an incredible performance in the lead role.

Martin John Bryant Martin John Bryant (born 7 May 1967) is an Australian mass murderer who murdered 35 people and injured 23 others in a mass shooting in the Port Arthur massacre, one of the world's deadliest shooting sprees, in Port Arthur, Tasmania, between 28 and 29 April 1996.

Skinamarink's purpose is more nefarious. It totally and entirely wants to terrify us. Skinamarink wants us to become children trapped in our beds again. It wants the very concept of the dark to be foreign, filled with questions and strangeness and terror.