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Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 108 minutes

Log Line

The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and ’30s.

Year of production : 2016

Director(s) : Jim SHERIDAN
Writer(s) : Johnny FERGUSON
Cast : Rooney MARA, Vanessa REDGRAVE, Eric BANA, Theo JAMES, Jack REYNOR

Producer(s) : Noel PEARSON

Synopsis

Roseanne McNulty (Vanessa Redgrave/Rooney Mara), a once vibrant and lively beauty in her youth, has spent the majority of her adult life confined to a mental hospital in rural Ireland. She has been institutionalized for so long, no one seems to remember why she was hospitalized in the first place.
When a new chief psychiatrist, Dr. Greene (Eric Bana), arrives, he takes a keen interest in Roseanne. He finds a hidden memoir, written over the course of decades by Roseanne, which unravels the mystery of her incarceration, as well as telling the tale of her passionate, yet tortured, life.

Production

Country(ies) : IRELAND

AUSTRALIA TRANSMISSION FI
HONG KONG GOLDEN SCENE CO
IRELAND Mar 24, 2017 WILDCARD DISTRI
ISRAEL LEV CINEMAS LTD
ITALY LUCKY RED
JAPAN AYA PRO CO. LTD
KOREA (Sou BOXOO ENTERTAIN
UNITED KIN VERTIGO RELEASI
USA RELATIVITY MEDI


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Festivals and Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2016 Gala Presentations


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