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Nicolas 2022-04-19 09:01:43
Butcher knife of public opinion and belated justice
I believe that everyone who has watched the movie will feel injustice for Gerry's experience. Disasters have come, and the family has been destroyed. The good youth dissipated in the prison, becoming the peeling wall of the prison, the rust on the fence, and the penetration of the room day after...
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Krista 2022-04-24 07:01:05
Probably the same group of performers was used for the two trials.
The narrative of the film is very rough, Gerry's futile emotional catharsis runs through, and some branches seem a bit lengthy.
Perhaps in order to stay true to the truth, and the plot itself is full and extreme enough, there is almost no doubt that the end of the fire can give the audience a...
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Noel 2022-01-26 08:14:23
There is darkness everywhere, I hope there is a little Chinese film that can be used for political themes
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Nico 2022-03-24 09:01:38
Justice delayed is justice. As for the IRA/Sinn Fein entanglement with the UK, it's an even bigger deal: Prince Philip's uncle, the Queen's cousin, Lord Mountbatten, was killed by the IRA in 1979, and 33 years later, the Queen is still alive. Shake hands with Sinn Fein leader in Belfast: Forgiving is much harder than hating.
In the Name of the Father quotes
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Gerry Conlon: When can I go back to Belfast?
Detective: Next time you'll see Belfast, they'll be flying day trips to the moon.
Gerry Conlon: I always wanted to be an astronaut.
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[Gerry looks at their "Map of the British Empire" jigsaw puzzle]
Gerry Conlon: Where's all the missing pieces?
Prisoner: We eat it up, man. Before my woman sent it in here, right, she have it dipped in liquid acid. LSD, man. We've been dropping the British Empire for the last six months! You want to fly, pick a country.
[Gerry is astonished]
Gerry Conlon: Fuck sake, don't give me Northern Ireland. I don't want a bad trip.
Prisoner: Try Nepal, man. Take you to the Himalayas.
