Damage

Damage

120 mins | June 24, 2007

Set in affluent, contemporary, south-side Dublin, the Cahills appear to have the world at their feet. Dad Aidan, is a successful property tycoon, his wife Michelle, a successful estate agent and their fashion model daughter, Emma's 21st birthday party at the family home should be a night to remember. That night however, a rape at the party shatters their seemingly perfect lives. With the key suspect released on bail, and dark family secrets coming to the fore, Emma's life begins to free-fall. Slowly, having made radical changes to her life, Emma builds towards recovery - until a chance meeting with her rapist bolsters her conviction that she'll need to confront him in court before she can get on with her life.

Damage

120 mins | June 24, 2007

Damage
Set in affluent, contemporary, south-side Dublin, the Cahills appear to have the world at their feet. Dad Aidan, is a successful property tycoon, his wife Michelle, a successful estate agent and their fashion model daughter, Emma's 21st birthday party at the family home should be a night to remember. That night however, a rape at the party shatters their seemingly perfect lives. With the key suspect released on bail, and dark family secrets coming to the fore, Emma's life begins to free-fall. Slowly, having made radical changes to her life, Emma builds towards recovery - until a chance meeting with her rapist bolsters her conviction that she'll need to confront him in court before she can get on with her life.
Producers
Original title Damage
Directors Aisling Walsh
Writers Aisling Walsh

Cast

Natalie Press

as Emma Cahill

David Michael Scott

as Photographer

Olivia Williams

as Michelle Cahill

Antonia Campbell-Hughes

as Lauren Ward

David O'Hara

as John Ward

Brendan Coyle

as Aidan Cahill

Eimear O'Grady

as Nikki

Ger Ryan

as Liz Maher

Michelle Costello

as Claire Ward

Katie McGrath

as Rachel

Kate Kenny

as Kate O'Connor

David Dawson

as Tom Byrne

Jordan Lee McGrath

as Stephen

Jason Healey

as Luke Cahill