Thursday, April 13, 2017

Cinema In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father





Director:

Jim Sheridan

Writer:

Gerry Conlon (autobiographical book "Proved Innocent"), Terry George (screenplay), Jim Sheridan (screenplay)

Stars:

Alison Crosbie, Daniel Day-Lewis, Philip King, Emma Thompson

Genres:

Biography, Drama

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.

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