OUT OF INNOCENCE
by Danny Hiller
synopsis
A newly born baby is washed up on a beach – this baby has been stabbed before entering the water. At the same time, a young mother gives birth to a stillborn baby 50 miles away, and secretly buries the body on the family's small holding. A link is made – wrongly– between the two babies. After a questionable police investigation, this young mother is accused on two counts of murder. Even though the science and evidence does not stack up - still she is pursued and ultimately committed to trial. The case quickly sparks national outrage. At a time of much social discord and change in Ireland, marked by religious sectarianism, the abortion debate and the emergence of the first women’s movement - the young mother finds herself the unwitting central figure in a stubborn contest of the individual versus the State.
international title: | Out of Innocence |
original title: | Out of Innocence |
country: | Ireland, United Kingdom |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Danny Hiller |
film run: | 108' |
release date: | UK 22/09/2016 |
screenplay: | Danny Hiller |
cast: | Alun Armstrong, Fiona Shaw, Nick Dunning, Kelly Gough, Gary Whelan, Mark Huberman, Ruth McCabe, Morgan C. Jones, Des McAleer, Paul Curran |
cinematography by: | Seamus Deasy |
film editing: | Gearing Huw Reynolds |
art director: | Ray Ball |
costumes designer: | Joan O'Clery |
music: | Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Gary Lightbody |
producer: | Paul Cummins, Danny Hiller |
production: | Defiant Films, Telegael |