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Female Protagonists in Screenplay Contenders Show Strength Despite the Odds

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Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesThere’s a pivotal scene in Phyllida Lloyd’s keenly observed domestic abuse drama “Herself” in which Sandra, a battered single mother of two little girls, is pitted opposite a judge in a Dublin courtroom.

Sandra — played by Irish actor Clare Dunne, who also co-wrote the film — has only recently managed to escape Gary, her abusive husband, within inches of her life.

Thwarted by a broken public housing system, Sandra has embarked on a mission to build a home from the ground up —to protect herself and her children.

Now Gary is suing for custody, and Sandra is in court defending her right to safeguard her daughters, the younger of whom witnessed their father assaulting Sandra, crushing her hand underfoot,.

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