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In the Name of the Father

1993

A feckless young Belfast man is coerced into confessing to an IRA bombing he did not commit and, along with his father and friends, is wrongly imprisoned for fifteen years while fighting to clear their names. A powerful drama based on a true miscarriage of justice.

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Part of 10 Essential Irish Films

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