A hidden life - The Secret Scripture

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Movie
German title A hidden life - The Secret Scripture
Original title The Secret Scripture
Country of production Ireland
original language English
Publishing year 2016
length 113 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Jim Sheridan
script Johnny Ferguson ,
Jim Sheridan
production Noel Pearson ,
Rob Quigley ,
Jim Sheridan
music Brian Byrne
camera Mikhail Krichman
cut Dermot Diskin
occupation

A Hidden Life - The Secret Scripture (Original title: The Secret Scripture ) is an Irish drama film directed by Jim Sheridan based on the 2008 novel A Hidden Life by Sebastian Barry . The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2016.

action

The very old Roseanne McNulty has been housed in an Irish mental hospital for decades. As the institution building is about to be demolished, the patients are either transferred to other facilities or released into normal life. The external reviewer will be Dr. Stephen Grene made a recommendation on how to proceed in Roseanne's case. Years ago, she recorded her previous life and the circumstances of her admission to psychiatry on the pages of an old Bible. Dr. Grene discovers severe discrepancies between these records and her official medical record. The end of the film brings the two levels of time together and reveals a deeper relationship between the two protagonists.

production

Literary template

Vanessa Redgrave plays the aged Roseanne McNulty in the film

Sebastian Barry's novel The Secret Scripture from 2008 served as a literary model for the film. In 2009 a German translation with the title Ein Verborgenes Leben was published . The novel was inspired by a story Barry's mother once told him about a relative: “We were driving through Sligo and my mother pointed to a hut and told me that my great-uncle's first wife lived there before she was brought in from her family an insane asylum was set up. She couldn't tell me more about her than that she was beautiful. Once I heard my grandfather say about her that she was no good. That was what remained of her and the rumors about her beauty. She remained nameless [...] I felt that as a novelist it was almost my duty to bring her back. ”The novel is closely linked to Barry's earlier work, especially The Whereabouts of Eneas Mcnulty , the eponymous character being a brother-in-law by Roseanne McNulty is.

Staff and cast

Directed by Jim Sheridan , who also adapted Barry's novel with Johnny Ferguson and served as one of the producers of the film.

In January 2014, it was announced that Vanessa Redgrave would play a role in the film. She plays as an old lady in the movie Roseanne McNulty. At a young age, Roseanne is played by Rooney Mara . She replaced Jessica Chastain , who was originally intended for the role. Eric Bana is in the film as Dr. Seeing Grene, Adrian Dunbar as Dr. Hart, Susan Lynch as nurse, Theo James played Father Gaunt, Irish actor Aidan Turner played Jack Conroy and Jack Reynor , also from Ireland, played Michael McNulty. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor can be seen in another role .

Filming and film music

Filming began in Dublin in January 2015 and took place there on the beaches of Dollymount and Portrane . For a scene filmed here in which Mara goes into the water, a stunt double was used to dive into the water for her. Filming continued in Inistioge , County Kilkenny in February 2015 and ended on March 6, 2015.

In August 2015, it was confirmed that Brian Byrne will take over the work on the film music. Byrne had been nominated for a Golden Globe for his work on Albert Nobbs and had previously worked with Sheridan as a conductor on the film In America . Byrne announced that a song he wrote and sung by Kelly Clarkson will be included on the film's soundtrack.

Marketing and Publishing

In January 2016 the first pictures of Rooney Mara and Jack Reynor in their roles were published.

During the Berlinale 2014 , Voltage Pictures started selling the film rights. In November 2014 Relativity Media secured the distribution rights for the US market, but the distribution partner was changed in May 2016.

The film premiered on September 10, 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival . In October 2016 the film was presented at the London Film Festival .

The film was released in theaters in Ireland on March 24, 2017 and in theaters in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2017.

Awards

Irish Film and Television Awards 2017

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for A Hidden Life - The Secret Scripture . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 177899 / V). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Donald Clarke: Ten films we expect to see in competition at Cannes In: irishtimes.com, April 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ Anja Hirsch: The missing aunt In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 31, 2009.
  4. ^ Rob Weatherill: Confined woman In: CultureWars, July 9, 2008.
  5. ^ Claire Kilroy: The Temporary Gentleman by Sebastian Barry review - the upheaval of war In: The Guardian, March 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ Borys Kit: Berlin: Jessica Chastain's 'Secret Scripture' Finds a Director In: The Hollywood Reporter, January 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ Jen Yamato: Rooney Mara Signs On For Jim Sheridan's 'Secret Scripture' In: deadline.com, July 23, 2014.
  8. ↑ If you thought the American Sniper 'baby' was freaky, check out the one Rooney Mara uses in new suspense thriller The Secret Scripture! In: dailymail.co.uk, January 27, 2015.
  9. ↑ Sam Griffin: Too chilly? Hollywood star Rooney Mara gets a stunt double to dip in Dublin Bay during filming for 'The Secret Scripture' In: independent.ie, January 29, 2015.
  10. ↑ The Secret Scripture - Filming Feb 2-6th In: inistioge.ie, January 26, 2015.
  11. ^ Brian Byrne Scoring Jim Sheridan's 'The Secret Scripture' In: filmmusicreporter.com, August 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ Brian Score's Jim Sheridan's The Secret Scripture With Rooney Mara and features a song performed by Kelly Clarkson In: brianbyrnecomposer.com, April 2, 2016.
  13. ↑ Niall Murphy: Irish Film Preview - Jim Sheridan's The Secret Scripture In: scannain.com, January 14, 2016.
  14. ↑ Dave McNary: Berlin: Jessica Chastain's 'Secret Scripture' Set to Shoot in May in Ireland In: Variety, February 1, 2014.
  15. ↑ Jeremy Kay: Relativity, Voltage privy to The Secret Scripture In: screendaily.com, November 5, 2014.
  16. ↑ Kevin Jagernauth: TIFF 2016 First Looks: 'The Secret Scripture' With Rooney Mara, 'Planetarium' With Natalie Portman, Christopher Guest's 'Mascots', More In: theplaylist.net, July 26, 2016.
  17. ↑ IFTA Nominations Announced for the IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2017 In: hotpress.com, March 8, 2017.
  18. ↑ Irish Film and Television Awards: Complete list of winners for 14th annual IFTA awards In: goldderby.com, April 9, 2017.