Evil Angels (1988)

Directed by

Fred Schepisi

Genre

drama film, biographical film, trial film

Country

Australia, United States

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 226 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple fights to prove their innocence after their baby disappears from a campsite. The public and media turn against them, believing they were involved in the child's death.

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What happens

Evil Angels (released as A Cry in the Dark outside Australia and New Zealand) is a 1988 drama film directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay by Schepisi and Robert Caswell is based on John Bryson's 1985 book of the same name. It chronicles the case of Azaria Chamberlain, a nine-week-old baby girl who disappeared from a campground near Uluru in August 1980, and the struggle of her parents, Michael Chamberlain and Lindy Chamberlain, to prove their innocence to a public convinced that they were complicit in her death. Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star as the Chamberlains. The film was released less than two months after the Chamberlains were exonerated by the Northern Territory Court of Appeals of all charges filed against them. The film received generally favourable reviews, with Streep's performance receiving high praise and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, but was a box office disappointment, grossing only $6.9 million against its $15 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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