Overview
Noble is a 2014 film written and directed by Stephen Bradley about the true life story of Christina Noble, a children's rights campaigner, charity worker and writer, who founded the Christina Noble Children's Foundation in 1989. It stars Deirdre O'Kane, Sarah Greene, Brendan Coyle, Mark Huberman and Ruth Negga.
Plot
The film is set in Vietnam in 1989, fourteen years after the end of the war. Christina Noble flies into Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), a country "that she wouldn't be able to show you on a map". With a few dollars, her own hard-won courage, she is about embark on a life calling. The film explores her tough upbringing in Dublin and her early adult life in the UK. It is the inspirational true story of a woman who believes that it only takes one person to make a difference.
Cast
Deirdre O'Kane as Christina Noble
Sarah Greene as Middle Christina
Gloria Cramer Curtis as Young Christina
Brendan Coyle as Gerry Shaw
Mark Huberman as David Somers
Nhu Quynh Nguyen as Madame Linh
Ruth Negga as Joan
David Mumeni as Mario
Liam Cunningham as Thomas
Kinh Quoc Nguyen as Trung
Pauline McLynn as Mother Superior
Eva Birthistle as Sister Laura
Paul Hickey as Father O'Leary
Matt Sipprell as European Investor
Production
Production began in Vietnam in January 2013 and finished in the United Kingdom. Post-production took place in London.
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