Wild Decembers

Wild Decembers, an interlocking story of land and love set in a rural community in contemporary Ireland, is a feature-length drama for RTE adapted by renowned author Edna O’Brien from her novel. Starring Lara Belmont (The War Zone, Henry VIII), Owen McDonnell (Single Handed, Conspiracy of Silence) and Matt Ryan (Collision, The Tudors), the drama features a stellar cast of Irish actors from stage and screen including Sean McGinley, Hugh O’Connor and Jane Brennan. Produced by Clare Alan, directed by IFTA Award Winning director, Anthony Byrne (Single Handed, How About You), and shot on Hi Def by John Conroy, the drama is being edited by Isobel Stephenson at Screenscene in Dublin.

Lauded by Philip Roth as "the most gifted woman now writing in English", Edna O'Brien is the author of eleven novels, as well as numerous collections of stories, plays, nonfiction, and biography. She has received several literary awards, including the Kingsley Amis Award for fiction in 1962, the Yorkshire Post Novel Award in 1971, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 1990. She has also written many film and TV dramas including “The Country Girls”, “Zee and Co”, and “Girl with Green Eyes”.