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The Secret Scripture ()


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A woman keeps a diary of her extended stay at a mental hospital.

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Father Gaunt
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Rose
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Nurse
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Jack Conroy
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Dr. Grene
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Lady Rose
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Michael McNulty
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Detective
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Dr. Hart
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McCabe
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Pregnant Woman
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Anne McCartney
Aisling O'Sullivan ...
Eleanor Prunty
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Daniel O'Brien
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Joe Brady
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Chrissie
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Beau
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Psychiatric Analyst
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G.I Grove
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Sister Mary
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Nurse O'Donnell
Annabell Rickerby ...
Whispering Woman / Tobacco Room
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Doctor
Aonghus Og McAnally ...
Estate Agent
Maud Druine ...
Margot
Tony Doyle ...
Dessie
Celine Nihicidhe ...
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Noreen Gorman ...
Nurse with Whistle
Sheila Moylette ...
Angela
Enda Oates ...
Dermot
Jane Herbert ...
Pregnant Woman
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Son
Michelle O'Flaherty ...
Usherette
Ian Meehan ...
Detective
Scott Murray ...
Checkpoint Soldier
Colin Maher ...
Hospital Security Guard
Kelsey Greaves ...
Jane
Beibhinn Jones ...
Mental Patient
Ryan McAllister ...
Paddy
Juliet Hartley ...
Lori
Christiane Reicke ...
Mental Patient
Grant O'Hara ...
Eamonn
Nigel Davey ...
Hangman
Faolan Barry ...
Traveller boy
Michelle Ward ...
Pregnant Girl #4
Rhea Townsend ...
Georgia
Hannah Faith ...
Susan
Ria Murphy ...
Tobacco Woman
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Villager (uncredited)
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Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Mark Quigley ...
Doctor (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jim Sheridan

Written by

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Sebastian Barry ... (based on the novel by)
 
Jim Sheridan ... (written by) and
Johnny Ferguson ... (written by)

Produced by

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Nicolas Chartier ... executive producer
Eoin Colfer ... executive producer
Cormac Crawford ... executive producer
Jonathan Deckter ... executive producer
Jeremiah Harris ... executive producer (as Jere Harris)
Jo Homewood ... line producer
Paul Myler ... co-producer
Noel Pearson ... producer
Gavin Poolman ... executive producer
Rob Quigley ... producer
Michael Robinson ... executive producer
Andrea Scarso ... executive producer
Jim Sheridan ... producer
Mick Walsh ... line producer

Music by

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Brian Byrne

Cinematography by

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Mikhail Krichman

Film Editing by

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Dermot Diskin

Editorial Department

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Sarah Caraher ... post-production coordinator
Dave Hughes ... digital intermediate colorist
Mark Little IV ... assistant editor
Eoghan McKenna ... colorist: dailies
Kevin O'Brien ... assistant editor
Robert O'Connor ... first assistant editor
Robbie O'Farrell ... on-line editor

Casting By

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Frank Moiselle
Nuala Moiselle

Production Design by

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Derek Wallace

Art Direction by

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Michael Higgins

Set Decoration by

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Jil Turner

Costume Design by

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Joan Bergin

Makeup Department

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Aideen Bates ... trainee hair
Lorraine Brennan ... assistant hair stylist
Dorothy Campbell ... trainee: crowd makeup
Katie Derwin ... assistant makeup artist
Sonia Dolan ... assistant makeup artist
Sharon Doyle ... makeup designer
Catherine Fox ... trainee makeup artist
Zoë Gibney ... additional makeup artist
Lorraine Glynn ... hair designer / hair stylist
Malvo Karpats ... assistant hair stylist
Aoife Maher ... hair stylist
Waldo Mason ... prosthetics
Susie Redmond ... hair stylist: additional

Production Management

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Grace Kelly ... assistant production co-ordinator
Tricia Perrott ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ian Adams ... trainee assistant director: reshoots
Ian Adams ... trainee assistant director
Eamonn Cawley ... trainee assistant director: daily
Glenn Delaney ... first assistant director: additional photography
Jill Dempsey ... second assistant director
Aoife Doyle ... assistant director
Ger Duffy ... third assistant director: dailies
Roisin El Cherif ... trainee assistant director: dailies
Alice Flanigan ... trainee assistant director: reshoots
Conor Flannery ... trainee assistant director
Daire Glynn ... third assistant director
Jillyan Jackson ... trainee assistant director
Siobhan Kavanagh ... daily trainee assistant director
Orla King ... trainee assistant director
Bill Kirk ... first assistant director
Owen Magee ... first assistant director
Stephen Rigney ... trainee assistant director

Art Department

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Hicham Afghani ... props dailies
Graeme Bird ... hod model maker / model maker
Paul Boulton ... dressing props
Billy Buckley ... carpenter
June Connon ... stores
Til Frohlich ... stand-by art director
Jason Groarke ... storyboard artist
Shane Hanton ... assistant art director
Paul Hedges ... property master
Cathy Hegarty ... trainee art director
Judith Hynes ... assistant art director
Martin Kenny ... painter
Fabien Oman ... props supplier
Marion Picard ... art buyer / prop buyer
Paquita Rogers ... assistant production buyer
Brian Wallace ... stand-by props / standby prop

Sound Department

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Daniel Birch ... sound mixer
Simon Bird ... foley assistant
Peter Blayney ... adr supervisor / dialogue editor
Emma Butt ... a.d.r recordist
Ed Costello ... foley editor
Tony Crowe ... adr mixer
Carl Cullen ... sound editor
Paul Davies ... supervising sound editor
Steve Fanagan ... re-recording mixer: premix
Hugh Fox ... production sound mixer: additional photography
Ken Galvin ... re-recording mixer
Esteban Golubicki ... dubbing mixer
Mark Henry ... adr recordist
Richard Hetherington ... boom operator
Fionán Higgins ... adr editor (as Fionn Higgins) / adr recordist (as Fionn Higgins)
Steve Jackson ... sound assistant / sound trainee
Benjamin McCulloch ... adr recordist
Eoghan McDonnell ... foley artist
Jean McGrath ... foley mixer
Sol O'Carroll ... sound editor
Niall O'Sullivan ... additional photography
Louie Trussell ... boom operator: additional photography
Liam Yelen ... adr recordist
Dominic Lawrence ... foley editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Brendan Byrne ... special effects supervisor
Phillip Souster ... special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Michelle Anderson ... visual effects coordinator: windmill lane vfx
Declan Boyle ... visual effects artist
Ciaran Crowley ... visual effects
Ditch Doy ... visual effects supervisor
Robert Hartigan ... digital compositor
Lisa Kelly ... visual effects producer: windmill lane vfx
Barry Lawless ... visual effects artist
Stacy Mangan ... digital compositor: Windmill Lane VFX
Manuel Martinez ... visual effects artist
Donal Nolan ... 2d supervisor
Eoin O'Sullivan ... digital compositor
Felix Serwir ... digital compositor

Stunts

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Donal O'Farrell ... stunt coordinator
Alan Walsh ... additional stunt coordinator
Martin White ... stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ciarán Barry ... 2nd unit dop
John Connon ... grip
Niall Cullinane ... second assistant camera: additional photography
Sarah Dunphy ... video assist
Padraic Faherty ... genny driver (as Padraic O'Fatharta)
Tommy Griffin ... camera intern
Noel Holland ... practical electrician
Louise MacEllin ... second assistant camera
Davie Mayes ... electrician - dailies (as Davey Mayes)
Michael McGrath ... still photographer
James McGuire ... gaffer
Esme Pum McNamee ... dit
Micheal O'Mogáin ... best boy
Andrew O'Reilly ... first assistant camera
Patrick Redmond ... still photographer
Tom Reynolds ... assistant camera: additional photography
Miguel Angel Viñas ... second assistant camera (as Miguel Ángel Viñas)
Cody York ... Grip: Dailies

Casting Department

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Daniel Lloyd ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Isabella Artitzone ... assistant costume designer: london prep
Siobhan Cahill ... costume trainee
Connor Dalton ... wardrobe trainee
David Samuel Houghton ... key costumer
Ciara James ... costume assistant
Suzanne Keogh ... assistant costume designer
Katie O'Brien ... costume trainee daily
Nessa O'Reilly ... costume trainee daily

Location Management

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Barry Newman ... assistant location manager
Conor O'Carroll ... location manager
Cathy Pearson ... location manager
John-Paul Whearty ... assistant location manager

Music Department

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Vladimir Angelove ... orchestra manager
Ciarán Byrne ... score mixer / score recordist
Brian Jackson Harris ... music supervisor: trailer
Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra-Sif 309 ... music performed by

Script and Continuity Department

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Aine Maire Ni Thaibhis ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Stephen Carroll ... picture car coordinator
Fiona Mulvey ... transportation

Additional Crew

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Sinead Barry ... clearances
Áine Coady ... production assistant
Eddie Drew ... animal handler
Johan Ewing ... legal executive
Louise Fullam ... assistant coordinator: additional photography
John P Gleeson ... financing and tax advisor (as John Gleeson)
Anna Graham ... assistant: Ms. Redgrave
Brendan Gunn ... dialogue coach
Sarah Harte ... Assistant to Rooney Mara
Roisin Henehan ... section 481 finance
Colin Hurley ... post production assistant
Chloe James ... assistant extras coordinator
Daniel Lloyd ... extras coordinator
Cara Loftus ... production assistant
John McKenna ... armourer
Zahara Moufid ... documentarian / documentary filmmaker
Gabriel Murray ... script consultant
Robert Myler ... Trainee Location Manager
Helen O'Reilly ... assistant to Jim Sheridan (as Helen M. O'Reilly)
Luke Randolph ... completion guarantor: for European Film Bonds
Oleg Rudkovskij ... assistant to zahara moufid (as Oleg Ru)

Thanks

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Christopher Slager ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Roseanne McNulty must vacate the soon-to-be demolished mental institution in Roscommon, Ireland that she's called home for over 50 years. The hospital's psychiatrist, Dr. William Grene, is called in to assess her condition. He finds himself intrigued by Roseanne's seemingly-inscrutable rituals and tics, and her fierce attachment to her Bible, which she has over the decades transformed into a palimpsest of scripture, drawings, and cryptic diary entries. As Grene delves deeper into Roseanne's past, we see her as a young woman with seductive charisma who moved to Sligo to work in her aunt's café, fell in love with a dashing fighter pilot, and had a local priest fall tragically in love with her. Written by AnonymousB

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Taglines Time doesn't forget. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Tss (United States)
  • Le Testament caché (France)
  • Ein verborgenes Leben - The Secret Scripture (Germany)
  • La carta secreta (Spain)
  • 秘密手稿 (China, Mandarin title)
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Runtime
  • 108 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Based on Sebastian Barry's novel The Secret Scripture which is one of the McNulty Family series of books. See more »
Goofs Eric Bana is driven around in a Volvo 245 Station wagon, but the only time he is shown inside the car it is obviously a sedan model with a sloped roof and rounded rear windows, quite different from the boxy 80s Volvo seen from the outside. See more »
Soundtracks Waltz For Fran See more »
Quotes Lady Rose: There's a sickness in people that stops them seeing the truth.
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