New Jim Sheridan film, The Secret Scripture, to receive its world premiere in Toronto

Jim Sheridan’s The Secret Scripture is one of three Irish titles that have been selected for September 8-18’s prestigious Toronto Film Festival where it will receive its world premiere. With a cast that includes Vanessa Redgrave, Eric Banna, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Jack Reynor, Rooney Mara and Aidan Turner, the big-screen adaptation of the Sebastian Barry bestseller is expected to do big things at the box-office. As Barry fans will know, The Secret Scripture refers to the diary kept by a woman during her stay in the Roscommon Regional Mental Hospital.
Also Canada-bound are Aisling Walsh’s Maudie, which boasts the A-List talents of Ethan Hawke and Unless, Alan Gilsenan’s cinematic version of the Carol Shields novel of the same name…