Emily Watson to star in new thriller Apple Tree Yard
The actor will play Yvonne Carmichael, a contented, conventional suburban woman, married with two children and entirely happy with her life.
However a chance encounter with a charismatic and impulsive stranger, played by Ben Chaplin (Cinderella, Mad Dogs) leads to a passionate affair which brings her world crashing down.
As Carmichael struggles to keep her home life and career unaffected by her affair, the fantasy soon overcomes her, bringing about a life-changing act of violence and a Crown Court trial.