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89m
BFF25: Re-Creation
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Synopsis
Australian Premiere
What does it mean to search for truth when evidence is uncertain and memory unreliable? Re-Creation boldly confronts this question by re-imagining the aftermath of one of Ireland’s most shocking unsolved crimes: the 1996 murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier at her West Cork holiday home. British journalist Ian Bailey was investigated by Irish authorities but never stood trial in Ireland, though he was convicted in absentia by a French court.
Directors Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) and David Merriman abandon conventional settings to construct a suspended, abstract space where twelve jurors gather to weigh the evidence and imagine the trial that never happened. Within this stark chamber, tensions ignite as testimony is retold, dissected, and disputed.
Starring Vicky Krieps, Aidan Gillen, and Colm Meaney in commanding performances, director Sheridan himself appears as foreman, steering jurors through shifting perspectives that challenge not only guilt but the very machinery of justice. Echoing 12 Angry Men yet carving its own path, Re-Creation is courtroom cinema transformed into an intense, riveting psychological reckoning.
OFFICIAL SELECTION | Tribeca Film Festival 2025
Opening Date
Monday, Nov 10, 2025
Rating
CTC
Length
89m
Reviews
A slickly stunning chamber piece. Jim Sheridan and David Merriman hold a mirror to our humanity in an elegant ‘12 Angry Men’ variation.
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