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In the Name of the Father

Year
1993
Director
Jim Sheridan
Runtime
133 min
Genre
Drama
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Synopsis

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

Festival record

  • LFF 11

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Cast

  • Daniel Day-LewisGerry Conlon
  • Pete PostlethwaiteGiuseppe Conlon
  • Emma ThompsonGareth Peirce
  • John LynchPaul Hill
  • Corin RedgraveRobert Dixon
  • Beatie EdneyCarole Richardson
  • John BenfieldChief PO Barker
  • Paterson JosephBenbay
  • Marie JonesSarah Conlon
  • Gerard McSorleyBelfast Detective Pavis

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