Devil's Playground (2014)
Drama
Overview
The year is 1988. It is 35 years after the events of Fred Schepisi’s classic film, The Devil’s Playground. Tom Allen, now in his 40s and recently widowed, is a respected Sydney psychiatrist and father of two children. A practicing Catholic, Tom accepts an offer by the Bishop of Sydney to become a counselor of priests. During these sessions, he will uncover a scandal and become embroiled in the Church’s attempts to cover it up. Tom’s quest for justice will push him to his limits, and reveal a side of Church power and official corruption he could never have imagined.
Cast
- Simon Burke as Tom Allen
- Don Hany as Bishop Quaid
- Jarin Towney as Elliot Darcy
- John Noble as Bishop John McNally
- Morgan Davies as Bridie Allen
- James Fraser as David Allen
- Toni Collette as Margaret Wallace
- Jack Thompson as Cardinal Neville
- Andrew MacFarlane as Father Andrassi
- Anna Lise Phillips as Alice Kelly