Troubles on her doorstep

In Shadow Dancer, the domestic is a metaphor for the political as an IRA volunteer betrays her family by turning MI5 informer, says Alan O’Riordan

A FILM about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, at this remove, might put viewers off: we’ve been there, on-screen and off-screen, so do we want to go back?

But Shadow Dancer has an IRA seal of approval. The film’s director James Marsh says the reception at a screening in Belfast was sympathetic and positive.