Based on
a true, the film recounts the story of Gerry Conlon (Day-Lewis) who is wrongly
accused as an IRA terrorist. Not only are the police bending the facts to prove
their case, but in the process they also implicate members of his friends and
family, including his father Giuseppe (Postlethwaithe) whose health condition
is rather frail. Gerry is a rebellious and mildly delinquent boy, who does not
seem to have grown up, and his attitude toward his father is not the
appropriate one; however, as they start to go through the ordeal together,
Gerry gradually matures, and starts feeling a deep affection and respect for
Giuseppe.
The story is heart-breaking and shocking at the same time, even more when we realize that these things actually did happen.
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