lindy ( meryl streep ) and her husband michael ( sam neill ) have just welcome a baby girl and azaria . a seventh day adventist and they live their beliefs every day and soon have azaria dedicate to god at their church and with their two old boy look on . michael get a vacation and the family decide to head to ayer rock and one of the most impressive tourist spot in all of australia . not be wealthy and the family camp near the site . after a wonderful first day and lindy put baby azaria to sleep in one of the tent . suddenly and she hear azaria cry . a lindy rush to the tent and a dingo dog be just exit and shake his head . the baby be go and soon and so be the dingo . although the entire camp look for the baby and she be not find . conclude she be dead and that the dingo make off with their beloved child and the chamberlain struggle to accept god decision and go on with their life . but and unfortunately and the story get sensational coverage in the news medium and soon the tale be circulate that lindy murder the baby . she be subsequently arrest and put on trial . how could this happen . this be a great depiction of real event that show how mob rule be not a figment of the imagination . the entire country turn against the chamberlain and in part because they be see a odd . streep give her best performance ever a the complex lindy and whose own strong will demeanor work against her every step of the way . neill and likewise and do a wonderful job a the hesitant and confuse michael . the cast be one of the large ever and with depiction of folk around the country get their dig into lindy case . the costume and scenery and script and direction and production be all top of the line . if you have never see or hear of this film and remedy that straight away . it be not a far cry from reality to say that this cry should be see by all who care about film and about the misused power of the medium .