After The Party is a tense drama full of accusations and high emotions.
Set in Wellington, New Zealand, the series follows a woman who lost everything when she accused her husband of a sex crime against her daughter’s teenage friend, and no one believed her.
It features Black Bird (www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/black-bird-release-date-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know) star Robyn Malcolm as Penny Wilding, an outspoken science teacher, basketball coach and environmental campaigner. Lord of the Rings star Peter Mullan plays Penny’s accused ex-husband who returns to town leaving Penny to decide what’s more important, the truth or rebuilding her relationship with those around her.
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Penny Wilding tells it like it is, whether that’s lecturing teenage boys on how porn will ruin their sex lives or waging a graffiti war on fishing boats.
But her attitude means she has few friends in the coastal town near Wellington, New Zealand.
Five years ago, however, Penny’s life was turned upside down when she accused her husband Phil of a sex crime and nobody believed her.
When Phil returns, Penny’s daughter pleads with her to forget the accusations and move on. But can she really let such injustice go unpunished?
Robyn Malcolm plays brutally honest teacher, mother and grandmother Penny Wilding.
Robyn says: "Penny did something based on what she believed, and it caused great damage and ruined a number of lives including her daughter’s.
Now, she feels she has to double down and be right, but righteous people can be dangerous and Penny is deeply fallible.
"It’s a simple story – did he do it, or didn't he do it, and is she right or is she wrong?
But the show exists in a morally grey area, we didn’t want to give simple answers. The rug gets pulled out from under you..."