An Irish movie with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes is airing on TV tonight

The film comes from the acclaimed director of Michael Inside.

The film focuses on the title character (Letitia Wright, Black Panther), a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland who is "floundering in a maze of social services and bureaucracy".

"Alone and unwilling to sacrifice her dignity to satisfy the demands of the authorities, she finds an ally in Conor (Josh O’Connor, Challengers), an employee at her residence home, a local young man with a troubled past of his own," the plot synopsis reads.

"Together they struggle to maintain their tender friendship in the face of Aisha’s increasingly dire predicament and her rapidly diminishing options."

The drama earned rave reviews from critics upon release, with many praising its timely story and powerful performances.

Holding a 98% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film also picked up three Irish Film Awards - including Best Director and Best Script for Berry.

Aisha is airing on BBC Two at 11.05pm. It is also available to watch via NOW Cinema and Sky Cinema.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

A Quiet Place - E4 - 9pm

This brilliant horror thriller that launched a franchise is set in a world invaded by blind creatures that hunt via sound.

Hercules - Virgin Media One - 9pm

Backed by a great cast of British thespians, Dwayne Johnson stars in this entertaining action-adventure fantasy.

High Plains Drifter - ITV4 - 9pm

Clint Eastwood stars in this great Western with a twist. It was also the first film in the genre that he directed.

Safe - Legend - 9pm

A quite underrated Jason Statham action flick where he plays a homeless man who must protect a young child with a deadly secret.

Pandorum - Legend Xtra - 9pm

A twisty sci-fi thriller starring Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid that we've recommended before.

The Infernal Machine - Film4 - 9pm

In this 2022 thriller, recent Oscar-nominee Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) plays a reclusive author drawn out of hiding when he begins to receive endless letters from an obsessive fan.

Phoenix - RTÉ One - 9.15pm

A '90s crime thriller with Ray Liotta, Anjelica Huston and Anthony LaPaglia.

Rocky - RTÉ2 - 10.15pm

Sylvester Stallone's Oscar Best Picture-winning boxing drama.

Lionheart - Legend - 10.55pm

A 1990 martial arts flick starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Event Horizon - Film4 - 11.15pm

The cult sci-fi horror follows a crew of astronauts (including Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill) in the future sent on a rescue mission after a missing spaceship spontaneously re-appears.

The crew soon discover, however, that a sinister force has come back with the ship.

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