In the Name of the Father

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In the Name of the Father (1993)

R 12/12/1993 (US) Drama 2h 13m

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Falsely accused. Wrongly imprisoned. He fought for justice to clear his father’s name.

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A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.

Jim Sheridan

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Terry George

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Daniel Day-Lewis

Gerry Conlon
Pete Postlethwaite

Giuseppe Conlon
Emma Thompson

Gareth Peirce
John Lynch

Paul Hill
Corin Redgrave

Robert Dixon
Beatie Edney

Carole Richardson
John Benfield

Chief PO Barker
Paterson Joseph

Benbay
Marie Jones

Sarah Conlon
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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

60%

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on November 21, 2022

A low-key, much-forgotten but well-executed film.

This movie is totally forgotten these days. Well, actually, if you're not native or very close to Ireland, I think the very existence and action of the IRA seems like something that ended many years ago, and it doesn't. It was a recent thing, and it still has marks on people and society. The film focuses, in particular, on the case of the “Guildford Four” and the “Maguire Seven”, which was a group of people who were accused of a bomb attack and of collaborating with the IRA, later proving to be if they were all innocent. The acquittal, ho... read the rest.

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