Movie
Herself
Overview
Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-11-26
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Element Pictures, BBC Film, Merman, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Clare Dunne as Sandra
- Molly McCann as Molly
- Ruby Rose O'Hara as Emma
- Ian Lloyd Anderson as Gary
- Shadaan Felfeli as Shop Keeper
- Harriet Walter as Peggy
- Cathy Belton as Jo
- Art Kearns as John the Pub Landlord
- Ericka Roe as Amy
- Anita Petry as Rosa
- Lorcan Cranitch as Michael
- Tina Kellegher as Tina
Crew
- Phyllida Lloyd - Director
- Clare Dunne - Writer
- Malcolm Campbell - Writer
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