SCRIPTED 2025
Trespasses
Forbidden love in extraordinary times
1975, in a town outside Belfast. Whilst working one night behind the bar of her family pub, serving a mixed crowd including the locally stationed soldiers, Catholic schoolteacher Cushla meets Michael, an older Protestant married man, who often defends IRA suspects and is friends with cultured bohemians who enrage and intrigue Cushla. They are worlds apart, and Cushla knows a relationship like this spells all kinds of trouble, but they are irresistibly drawn to one another.
In a place where loose lips cost lives and danger lurks in the shadows, amidst the fear and paranoia, this illicit affair between Cushla and Michael ignites and burns bright...
Cushla: Lola Petticrew( Say Nothing, Bloodlands, Tuesday) Michael: Tom Cullen( The Gold, Weekend, Mudtown) Gina: Gillian Anderson( Scoop, Sex Education) Writer: Ailbhe Keogan( Bad Sisters, Run & Jump) Director: Dawn Shadforth( Mood, Adult Material) Producer: Maria Mulhall( The Night Caller, The Dry) Exec Producers: Gillian Anderson, Amanda Posey, Dawn Shadforth, Louise Kennedy, Finola Dwyer
Duration 4 x 1 hr
Wildgaze Films for Channel 4, UK, in association with All3Media International
FORMAT AVAILABLE