propositions her in the belief that
she’s a prostitute, to the police officer
who patronizingly asks “What
is with you women?” when called
to a disturbance at her home.
Sarah is taken advantage of by
another man in the form of low
level drug dealer Tito (Andrew
Simpson), who uses her house to
hide after robbing a bag of coke
from a pair of mobsters. Tito insists
on forming a business partnership
with the hapless Sarah - he will
stash his drugs in her home and
give her 40% of his profits. Initially
reluctant, Sarah grows somewhat
comfortable with the arrangement
when it allows her to finally put
some decent food in her kids’ bellies.
But what she doesn’t realize is
that Tito is wanted by vicious drug
kingpin Leo Miller (Edward Hogg),
who may have a connection to
Steven’s death.
In 2008, two young Irish actresses
starred in Young Adult
adaptations. Yet while Saoirse
Ronan went on to superstardom
following her role in City of Ember,
Bolger’s leading turn in The
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