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.
Ireland Ireland
Rooney Mara Theo James Vanessa Redgrave Eric Bana Jack Reynor Aidan Turner Susan Lynch Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Charlie Kelly Nika McGuigan Antony Acheampong Omar Sharif Jr. Pauline McLynn Brian Fortune Elva Trill Laurence O'Fuarain John Connors Lesa Thurman Enda Oates Sheila Moylette Shimmy Marcus Ian Meehan Tony Doyle Ryan McAllister Geraldine McAlinden Michelle Ward Mark Quigley Rhea Townsend Colin Maher Grant O'Hara Hannah Faith Noreen Gorman Scott Murray Faolan Barry Ria Murphy Nigel Davey Christiane Reicke
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