Dubliner Aisling Franciosi will star alongside Sandra Bullock in a new film called The Unforgivable .
Franciosi previously graced our screens when she starred in the Fall, the Nightingale and Game of Thrones, and now she’s continuing to climb up the ladder in her career with this new Netflix movie.
The 28-year-old shared the trailer for the film to Instagram, and wrote: “Feel very lucky to have been a part of this production with a great cast and crew.”
This marks Bullock’s first film since 2018’s Bird Box, which became a huge smash hit for Netflix despite mixed reviews and many internet memes.
But the American actress will play a woman who is released from prison and realises no one is ready to forgive her violent crimes.
She sets off in search of her estranged sister who is played by Dublin native Aisling.
The film's synopsis reads: “Released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime, Ruth Slater (Academy Award-winner Sandra Bullock) re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past. Although she feels a pull to the place she once called home, only harsh judgment awaits her there.
“Ruth’s only hope for redemption is in finding her estranged younger sister Katie (Aisling Franciosi), who she was forced to leave behind.
“In her quest to reunite with Katie and adjust to life on the outside, Ruth encounters obstacles she expects and those she never saw coming from those whose lives are disrupted by her release.”
The film is based on the 2009 British miniseries Unforgiven by Sally Wainwright and is directed by Nora Fingscheidt.
The cast also includes Viola Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Richard Thomas and Rob Morgan.
The Unforgivable is in selected cinemas from Wednesday, November 24, and it will land on Netflix on December 10.
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