The Secret Scripture (2017)

March 23, 2017 (IE) • Drama, Romance • 108m

Overview

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.

Director

Jim Sheridan

Writers

Jim Sheridan, Johnny Ferguson, Sebastian Barry

Top Billed

Rooney Mara

Keywords

based on novel or book ireland unfulfilled love 1920s 1930s

Where to watch

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Top Billed Cast

Rooney Mara

Young Roseanne McNulty

Theo James

Father Gaunt

Vanessa Redgrave

Old Roseanne McNulty

Eric Bana

Dr. William Grene

Jack Reynor

Michael Eneas

Aidan Turner

Jack McNulty

Susan Lynch

Nurse

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

McCabe

Charlie Kelly

Beau

Nika McGuigan

Chrissie

Antony Acheampong

G.I Grove

Omar Sharif Jr.

Daniel O'Brien

Pauline McLynn

Anne McCartney

Brian Fortune

Psychiatric Analyst

Elva Trill

Pregnant Woman

Laurence O'Fuarain

Detective

John Connors

Joe Brady

Lesa Thurman

Nurse O'Donnell

Enda Oates

Driver

Sheila Moylette

Angela

Shimmy Marcus

Doctor

Ian Meehan

Detective

Tony Doyle

Dessie

Ryan McAllister

Paddy

Geraldine McAlinden

Sister Mary

Michelle Ward

Pregnant Girl #4

Mark Quigley

Doctor

Rhea Townsend

Georgia

Colin Maher

Hospital Security Guard

Grant O'Hara

Eamonn

Hannah Faith

Susan

Noreen Gorman

Nurse with Whistle

Scott Murray

Checkpoint Soldier

Faolan Barry

Traveller boy

Ria Murphy

Tobacco Woman

Nigel Davey

Hangman

Christiane Reicke

Mental Patient

Derek Carroll

Villager (uncredited)

Crew

Jim Sheridan

Writer

Cormac Crawford

Executive Producer

Nicolas Chartier

Executive Producer

Eoin Colfer

Executive Producer

Lorraine Glynn

Hair Designer

Jeremiah Harris

Executive Producer

Aideen Bates

Hair Assistant

Catherine Fox

Makeup Trainee

Jonathan Deckter

Executive Producer

Michael Higgins

Art Designer

Áine Máire Ní Tháibhís

Script Supervisor

Rob Quigley

Executive Producer

Jil Turner

Set Decoration

Paul Myler

Co-Producer

Mick Walsh

Line Producer

Frank Moiselle

Casting

Jim Sheridan

Producer

Lorraine Brennan

Hair Assistant

Sharon Doyle

Makeup Designer

Tricia Perrott

Post Production Supervisor

Gavin Poolman

Executive Producer

Joan Bergin

Costume Design

Malvo Karpats

Hair Assistant

Aoife Maher

Hairstylist

Nuala Moiselle

Casting

Derek Wallace

Production Design

Andrea Scarso

Executive Producer

Sonia Dolan

Assistant Makeup Artist

Waldo Mason

Prosthetics

Jo Homewood

Line Producer

Dermot Diskin

Editor

Katie Derwin

Assistant Makeup Artist

Grace Kelly

Assistant Production Coordinator

Johnny Ferguson

Screenplay

Noel Pearson

Producer

Jim Sheridan

Director

Sebastian Barry

Novel

Michael Robinson

Executive Producer

Brian Byrne

Original Music Composer

Mikhail Krichman

Director of Photography

Ian Adams

Assistant Director Trainee

Reviews

Reno

⭐ 8/10

February 4, 2018

**The never-ending struggle for women in the male dominated world!**

This is a surprise film. Almost my favourite. Because I don't know when the last time I wetted my eyes. I'm not ashamed to say that I love sentimental films. This was not like a thorough tearjerker, but it gets there at some point. It was like I have been waiting for such film a very long time, so that I ended up liking it more than I was anticipating.

An Irish-English language film with a wonderful cast. Because of those actors I have watched it, despite it was not promoted big like the Hollywood films. It's not in the mainstream films list. That's why not many people do not know about this film. Rooney Mara's one of the best performances. The remaining cast too had big roles, but was not powerful as hers.

Films has genres, books has genres, but not all of those works converted to each other form works out. This is such a rare genre where both formats triumphs. Watching this film is almost as experience of reading the book. You know those literatures explaining the events, character deeply, emotionally, that's quite matching in this film with beautiful locations and nice background score.

The suspense kept me expecting every moment of my watch. The end twist was not that difficult, but not all the viewers can predict it easily. It is a tale from the first half of the 20th century. But most of it was split into early and the later events. Overwhelmed by the flashback, the film reveals an old and a last woman in a mental asylum to evacuate the building to a new location. So those last moments of her stay in there, she explains why she's refusing to leave.

> -xX] There's a sickness in people that stops them seeing the truth. [Xx-

A doctor from another place is now reviewing her case, has to go through her story to understand the situation and act accordingly, that's accompanied by a nurse. So she reveals her secret romance when she was young, when the whole town turned against her. Particularly a young priest. How she had ended up in the mental hospital, and after 40 years, now denying to leave the building. The story ends emotionally.

The film was like the mix of 'The Little Prince' and 'Neverwas'. Because the reality and the other way around were nicely put together. Only it all were told from the grown up's perspective. They are showing something means does not you have to believe it. So it all comes to the final twist, how it ends by revealing what. No doubt if it resembles someone's real life, perhaps in the past, because in the earlier centuries, such fate, particularly for women is so common. That's where it's heart-wrenching.

A perfect title for what it narrated. The older version of the lead role was too well performed. The romance part was short, but mystery extended till the final scene. Overall, the focus given to what to narrate and what not were nicely done. A very satisfying film, glad that I saw it.

I don't know everybody would like it as much I did, but surely worth a try. Since the story was told from a woman's point of view about her struggle in the men dominated world, they might like it better than others. Because, as I know in the recent, the women's empowerment rising to equal men than never before. All I say is, just watch it!

_8.5/10_

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Revenue

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The Secret Scripture (2017)

Jim Sheridan, Johnny Ferguson, Sebastian Barry

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Reviews

Reno

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