Audience members at the Australian premiere of historical revenge thriller The Nightingale reportedly walked out after just 20 minutes over scenes of violence against women and children.
She said filming the scenes was “heartbreaking”, and she cried throughout the process, all the way through to post-production.
“If we weren’t aware of the historical atrocities committed by British soldiers across the colonies already, we certainly are by the fourth rape scene.
“(Director) Kent subjects us to a disturbing frequency of rape scenes to the extent that it soon stops feeling like a jolt of brutal honesty and quickly becomes indulgent,” he wrote.