When the Sky Falls

In this crime drama adapted from a true story, Sinead Hamilton (Joan Allen) is a public relations agent turned journalist who is appalled at the corruption and drug trafficking in her native Dublin; determined to do something about it and make the city a safer place in which to bring up her son, Hamilton begins a series of investigative pieces exposing the major players in the city’s dope trade, as well as possible links between drug dealing and the Irish Republican Army. Hamilton’s stories win wide acclaim and lead to a public outcry to see that justice is served; they also make Hamilton a number of very dangerous enemies among the underworld, as well as the more corrupt segments of the law enforcement community. When the Sky Falls is based on the true-life story of Irish investigative reporter Veronica Guerin; Guerin worked on the early drafts of the script before she was murdered by members of the drug cartel she helped to expose, leading the producers to change the names of the characters and alter the story’s outcome. The supporting cast includes Patrick Bergin as a police investigator, Pete Postlethwaite as a criminal insider who gives information to Hamilton, and Liam Cunningham as another notorious crime boss., Fact-based story about a crusading Irish investigative journalist who took on Dublin’s criminal underworld, and paid for it with her life., The story of a crusading Irish journalist who tells the truth about Dublin’s mobsters and pays for it with her life. Veronica Guerin follows the narcotics seam into Dublin’s grimy underworld. Strong performances right through the cast and a powerful evocation of the margins of the Irish crime community. Allen is well supported by Pete Postlethwaite, Patrick Bergin and Liam Cunningham., Investigative journalist Sinead Hamilton lives in a deteriorating Dublin infested with crime, drugs and corruption. Hamilton risks her life to expose the ruthless drug trade that is holding the city captive, as well as its possible connections to the IRA. Her scathing articles win the public’s attention, but they also make her the target of an infuriated criminal underworld and a crooked police force. Both will do everything they can to stop her., The story of a crusading Irish journalist who tells the truth about Dublin’s mobsters and pays for it with her life. Veronica Guerin follows the narcotics seam into Dublin’s grimy underworld. Strong performances right through the cast and a powerful evocation of the margins of the Irish crime community.