Directed by:
Danny HillerScreenplay:
Danny HillerCinematography:
Seamus DeasyCast:
Fiona Shaw, Alun Armstrong, Nick Dunning, Des McAleer, Mark Huberman, Ruth McCabe, Morgan C. Jones, Frank O'Sullivan, Peadar Cox, Pascal Scott, Donal Gallery, Will O'Connell, Muireann Bird (more)VOD (1)
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Based on true events at the turn of the 20th century, the Irish social drama "Out of Innocence" tells the story of a woman falsely accused. When a newborn baby washes up on a beach, it's shocking enough, but the child was also stabbed before being tossed into 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, and after a questionable police investigation, the young woman is accused of two counts of murder. Even though the evidence clearly doesn't support a prosecution, she is pursued and ultimately committed to trial, sparking a national outrage. At a time of great social discord in Ireland - marked by religious sectarianism, the nascent 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 vs. the state. (St. Louis International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Fiona Shaw
Ireland
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
My Left Foot (1989)
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
Alun Armstrong
UK
Best movies:
Les Misérables in Concert (1995) (theatrical recording)
Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010) (theatrical recording)
Braveheart (1995)
Nick Dunning
Ireland
Best movies:
Hatfields & McCoys (2012) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
In America (2002)
Des McAleer
UK
Best movies:
Wuthering Heights (2009) (TV movie)
Angela's Ashes (1999)
Rebus: Resurrection Men (2007) (TV movie)
Mark Huberman
Best movies:
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Borstal Boy (2000)
Hidden (2011) (series)
Ruth McCabe
Best movies:
My Left Foot (1989)
Magdalen Laundry, The (2002) (TV movie)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Morgan C. Jones
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
The Fox (2017)
The Ugly Duckling and Me! (2006)
Frank O'Sullivan
Best movies:
Michael Collins (1996)
Les Misérables (1998)
Into the West (1992)
Pascal Scott
Best movies:
Omagh (2004) (TV movie)
Intermission (2003)
The Young Offenders (2016)
Donal Gallery
Best movies:
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Turning Green (2005)
Will O'Connell
Best movies:
Parked (2010)
Moonfleet (2013) (TV movie)
Rosamunde Pilcher (1993) (series)
Muireann Bird
Best movies:
Eamon (2009)
Queen and Country (2014)
Paraic Breathnach
Ireland
Best movies:
The Tale of Sweety Barrett (1998)
Michael Collins (1996)
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
Judith Roddy
Best movies:
The Fall (2013) (series)
Paul Curran
Best movies:
Merlin (1998) (TV movie)
Wolf Creek (2005)
Merlin (1998) (TV movie)
Kelly Gough
Ireland
Amelia Crowley
Best movies:
Death of a Superhero (2011)
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
I Went Down (1997)
Gary Whelan
Ireland
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Michael Collins (1996)
Cry Freedom (1987)