Bibliograph

Shadow dancer, Magnolia Pictures BFI and BBC Films present a Unanimous Entertainment/Element Pictures/Wild Bunch Production in association with Lipsync Productions with the participation of Bord Scannan Na Heireann/Irish Film Board; produced by Chris Coen, Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney; director, James Marsh; screenplay by Tom Brandby

Type

Label

Shadow dancer, Magnolia Pictures BFI and BBC Films present a Unanimous Entertainment/Element Pictures/Wild Bunch Production in association with Lipsync Productions with the participation of Bord Scannan Na Heireann/Irish Film Board; produced by Chris Coen, Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney; director, James Marsh; screenplay by Tom Brandby

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: R; for language and some violent content

Main title

Shadow dancer

Medium

videorecording Blu-ray

Responsibility statement

Magnolia Pictures BFI and BBC Films present a Unanimous Entertainment/Element Pictures/Wild Bunch Production in association with Lipsync Productions with the participation of Bord Scannan Na Heireann/Irish Film Board; produced by Chris Coen, Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney; director, James Marsh; screenplay by Tom Brandby

Runtime

102

Summary

When single mother Collette McVeigh is arrested for her part in an aborted IRA plot in London, an MI5 officer offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison or return to Belfast to spy on her own family. With her son's life in her hands, Collette chooses to place her trust in the MI5 and return home. When her brothers' secret operation is ambushed, suspicions of an informant are raised and Collette finds both herself and her family in grave danger

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification