A Cry in the Dark

Australia-US (1988): Docudrama

In this harrowing film by director Fred Schepisi, based on a true story, Meryl Streep and Sam Neill play a married couple on a camping trip whose baby disappears. Streep maintains that the baby was carried off by a dingo -- an Australian wild dog -- but she winds up as the victim of a hard-hearted prosecutor and the target of a nationwide hate campaign, in part because she was a religious fundamentalist who seemed unsympathetic and, thus, became an easy target for the tabloid press. Streep and Neill are both outstanding in this fierce, realistic drama about the ways faith can bolster even in the face of outrageous persecution. (Marshall Fine, Amazon.com)

· Actress 1988: Meryl Streep

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