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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

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