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Nitram (15)
Directed by Justin Kurzel
BASED on Australia’s worst mass shooting, at Port Arthur in 1996, this quietly powerful drama examines what led to the horrifying event and attempts to understand how and why it happened, while shining a spotlight on the country’s growing gun issues.
Set in the mid-90s, the film is viewed through the eyes of the gunman, a young man with mental health issues nicknamed Nitram (a phenomenal Caleb Landry Jones), who lives with his father (Anthony LaPaglia) and his controlling mother (Judy Davis).
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