Jim Sheridan's personal reason for wanting to help solve the Du Plantier case 

The filmmaker's new series on the Co Cork killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier begins this weekend.  For Sheridan, Murder At The Cottage was much more than just a job 

Jim Sheridan near the murder scene of Sophie Toscan du Plantier near Schull, for Murder at the Cottage: The Search For justice For Sophie.

“As a filmmaker, many stories fascinate me, but this story compels me,” says Jim Sheridan in the opening moments of his new series on the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. 

For the Irish filmmaker who has followed the case for more than two decades, bringing the story to screen became a challenge that he was determined to realise.