Scars

First on More4 July 2006
A drama from Leo Regan about a psychopathic criminal.

A true story played by actors; all dialogue is taken from original interview transcripts.

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Documentary filmmaker, Leo Regan (Comfortably Numb, 100% White), interviews Chris, a man haunted, not just by his past, but by a fear of his own incredible capacity for violence.

Now married with a child, Chris embarks upon a journey of honest confession with Leo. He recounts a life of unpremeditated brutal attacks and shockingly sadistic crime. But as Chris delves more and more deeply into long suppressed parts of his self; an unguided and lonely childhood, an isolated spell in prison characterised by powerlessness and rape, he reflects not only upon the consequences of his violent acts on his victims, but is forced to explore the effects of his consuming guilt on his own conscience.

Starring Jason Isaacs as 'Chris', and Paloma Baeza as his wife.

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