Ein verborgenes Leben - The Secret Scripture

An elderly woman’s scribbled memoir becomes the only escape from her locked ward in a decaying Irish asylum. Her past—full of love and strife—mirrors the nation’s own rough decades. The film’s sepia tones match its dusty despair.

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Jim Sheridan directed Ein verborgenes Leben - The Secret Scripture in 2017. See Jim Sheridan's full filmography, where to start with Jim Sheridan, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jim Sheridan.

Ein verborgenes Leben - The Secret Scripture was released in 2017 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 108 minutes.