Cate McCall (Kate Beckinsale; Pearl Harbour, Underworld, Total Recall), was a hotshot lawyer with the world at her feet, but as her career went from strength to strength, her personal life began to fall apart, she slipped into a spiral of alcoholism and depression that drove her family away, and left her with nothing.Sometimes we find redemption in the darkest of places and fresh out of rehab Cate must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder in order to be reinstated at the bar and regain custody of her daughter. But this is a case that will challenge everything she vowed to uphold; Cate will be thrown into a world of lies, abuse and deception, where fighting for what's right may mean fighting for her life.The Trials of Cate McCall is an intelligent and tense thriller with powerful supporting performances from Nick Nolte (Gangster Squad, Warrior, Cape Fear, 48 Hrs.), James Cromwell (The Green Mile, The Artist, Spider-Man 3) and Anna Anishimowa (The Whistleblower).