In the Name of the Father
Overview
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.
Reviews (3)
Shreyance Parakh (Rated: 10)
In the name of INNOCENCE !!
Sometimes i say to myself this can't happen to me for the simple reason that it sounds really unfair to be happening..But watching a movie like this changes all perception of right and wrong, fair and unfair.. Only thing that can be fair in this world is your *...
Filipe Manuel Neto (Rated: 6)
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, ...
Ahmetaslan27 (Rated: 9)
Oscar for Best Duo Daniel Day-Lewis and Pete Postlethwaitestrong text****
The movie tries to convey the horrors of injustice, investigation, and rulings under the pretext of emergency laws and terrorism, but the details of these laws make us laugh by today's standards, even not when the film ...
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