Out of Innocence

OUT OF INNOCENCE

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.

2017
Ireland
108 min

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

trailer

Catherine Flynn - FIONA SHAW Det. Callaghan - ALUN ARMSTRONG Sarah Flynn - FIONNUALA FLAHERTY Patsy Kerrigan - RUTH MCCABE Father O'Reilly - DES MCALEER Judge Griffin - GARY WHELAN
Mr Horgan - NICK DUNNING

Writer/Director
DANNY HILLER

Producers
PAUL CUMMINS
DANNY HILLER

Film score
COLM MAC CON IOMAIRE

Director of Photography
SEAMUS DEASY (ISC)

Soundtrack
GARY LIGHTBODY
JOHNNY MCDAID