Movie 'Noble' Details the Heroic Life of Christina Noble Who Rescues One Million Children in Vietnam (Watch Trailer)

By Timothy Yap Feb 08, 2015 03:15 AM EST

"Noble" is a 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. The biopic will open in theaters May 8, 2015 by Aspiration Media and stars Deirdre O'Kane (Moone Boy, Paths To Freedom), Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey, The Raven, Ailsa), Sarah Greene (The Guard, The Cripple of Inishmann), and Liam Cunningham (Game Of Thrones, Hunger, Safe House).

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.

"It's a story about the triumph of the human spirit over adversity," said Deirdre O'Kane, who depicts Christina in the film.

In honor of Christina Noble's brave spirit and determination, Aspiration Media is celebrating other women who demonstrate the same resilience and generosity through an initiative titled #SHEISNOBLE. Women dedicated to a life of courage and compassion can be nominated at SheIsNoble.com where a team of professional writers, podcasters, and videographers may tell her story. A grand prize winner, who will be announced in early May, will receive $10,000 towards her work, and the person who nominated her will win a trip for two to Ireland.

Christina Noble is the founder of The Christina Noble Children's Foundation (www.cncf.org), which has built more than 100 projects across Vietnam and Mongolia, helping to improve the lives of nearly one million children and their families since 1991.