A new 6-episode mini-series has just landed on Paramount+ and it deserves your attention.
A corpse, a woman suffering from sleepwalking and a terrifying convent… here is the program for a thrilling new mini-series to be discovered urgently on Paramount+. In this 6-episode fiction, Ruth Wilson (The Affair, At the Crossroads of Worlds) plays Lorna Brady, a woman living in a fictional town in 20th century Ireland who discovers a dead man in her house.
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She does not know the identity of the deceased person but above all she does not know if she is responsible for his death. Because Lorna has suffered from sleepwalking attacks since her adolescence, when she was incarcerated in one of the infamous “Magdalene Laundries” or Magdalen Convent but also “Madeleine Laundry”.
Don’t miss this moving and terrifying series freely inspired by true events
These establishments under the control of the Catholic Church which actually existed interned young girls considered to be “fallen women” in order to atone for their “sins” such as adultery and early and out-of-wedlock pregnancies. The last convent was closed in 1996!
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The presence of the corpse in Lorna’s house coincides with the murder of Father Percy, the priest responsible for the internment of several young women within this Magdalen convent. The common point between all these events is none other than Lorna. What is she hiding? What will she discover?
The Woman in the Wall series tells this exciting and moving quest inspired by real events by following the journey of resilience, dotted with flashbacks of past traumas and demons, of a courageous woman who was the victim of atrocious treatment when she was young. years.
Because in parallel with Lorna’s investigation into her past and the police into the death of the body discovered at her home and Father Percy, The Woman in the Wall highlights the fight of women forced into the Magdalen convents. in order to obtain justice and reparation for the abuse suffered and the kidnapping of their babies, subsequently illegally adopted.
By the author of Gangs of London
In addition to this tragic plot, brilliantly written, this series by Joe Murtagh (Gangs of London, The Kitchen) plays as much with the dramatic codes as those of the thriller leaning towards the fantastic at times, with a polished staging and an almost mystical soundtrack captivating.
You will probably be heartbroken by this gripping story in just six episodes carried by an impeccable cast, with Ruth Wilson in the lead. She is notably accompanied by Daryl McCormack (Peaky Blinders, My Dates with Leo) who plays Colman Akande, a detective in charge of the case who will be touched more than he thought by this story.
Finally, the cast also includes other more or less known faces like Simon Delaney (This Must Be The Place, New York Melody) and Philippa Dunne (Bodies, Derry Girls, This is Going to Hurt).
The Woman in the Wall series is available on Paramount+.