The Secret Scripture

Mar 23, 2017

1h 48m

★ 7.3

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Ferndale Films

Apollo Media

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Hell's Kitchen

SIF 309 Film Music

Voltage Pictures

The Secret Scripture Trailers

Cast

Young Roseanne McNulty

Rooney Mara

Father Gaunt

Theo James

Old Roseanne McNulty

Vanessa Redgrave

Dr. William Grene

Eric Bana

Michael Eneas

Jack Reynor

Jack McNulty

Aidan Turner

Nurse

Susan Lynch

McCabe

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Beau

Charlie Kelly

Chrissie

Nika McGuigan

G.I Grove

Antony Acheampong

Daniel O'Brien

Omar Sharif Jr.

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