THE SECRET SCRIPTURE (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Vanessa Redgrave (Julia), Rooney Mara (Carol), Eric Bana (Munich), Theo James (Divergent), Aidan Turner (The Hobbit), Jack Reynor (Free Fire), Susan Lynch (Waking Ned)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jim Sheridan (In The Name Of The Father), director, writer, producer; Johnny Ferguson (Gangster No 1), writer; Noel Pearson (My Left Foot) and Rob Quigley (film debut), producers; Brian Byrne (Albert Nobbs), composer; Mikhail Krichman (Leviathan), cinematographer; Dermot Diskin (Shrooms), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Roseanne McNulty (Redgrave) is a hundred-year-old patient at a mental hospital in Ireland, who recounts her time as a young woman (Mara) and the tragic events that led her to be incarcerated…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Based on the bestselling book, The Secret Scripture is a sweeping tale of a woman and the tragic circumstances that changed her life forever, for better or for worse (mainly the latter).

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 19TH MAY 2017

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