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Quick Info

Rating

7.3/10

Release2017

Runtime1h 48m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

Revenue$152,761

Production

Ferndale Films

Apollo Media

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Hell's Kitchen

SIF 309 Film Music

Voltage Pictures

Movie

The Secret Scripture

2017

1h 48m

7.3

Drama

Romance

Synopsis

The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

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