She walked into the woods with her lover's wife. Only one came out.
Drama based on a real-life story of a love affair between a married army captain and a young female soldier. Susan Christie and Duncan McAllister have an affair, but Duncan ends the relationship when he's posted to Germany. Three days later, Susan and Duncan's wife, Penny, go for a walk in the woods in Northern Ireland. Fifteen minutes later, Penny is dead and Susan claims they were attacked by an unknown man.
Acting
Jennifer Ehle brings genuine warmth to doomed Penny.
Production
Gloomy Northern Irish woods practically breathe menace.
Director
Jim O'Brien
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the 1981 'Scarva murder' where Lesley Howell actually killed her lover's wife—though this version flips some details for dramatic symmetry.
Filmed during the Troubles, using Northern Ireland's actual military presence as unspoken backdrop to the personal violence.
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