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Director
Pete Travis
Credits
Producers: Ed Guiney, Paul Greengrass. Writers: Paul Greengrass, Guy Hibbert
Principal Cast
Gerard McSorley, Brenda Fricker
Category
Feature
On August 15th 1998 twenty-nine people were killed by a Real IRA bomb detonated in the streets of Omagh, Co Tyrone. This atrocity is here brought to the screen focussing on the efforts of Michael Gallagher (Gerard McSorley) in bringing the bombers to justice. With his son Aidan numbered among the dead, Michael passionately involves himself in the campaign for justice, becoming the chairman of a support group for survivors and families of the deceased as the official investigation fails to produce results. From this position his anger only grows as police errors and political recalcitrance impede his fight. Tackling a recent, and indeed ongoing, issue is a difficult challenge that director Pete Travis negotiates expertly, balancing the strength of McSorley’s gripping performance alongside the wide-reaching political context of Peace Process Northern Ireland.
106 minutes, Ireland, 2004, Colour
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FROM THE VAULTS: JOHN MCGAHERN: A PRIVATE WORLD 18.30
KIDNAPPED 20:20
LOVE LIES BLEEDING 15:30, 20:10
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 13.10, 15.40, 18.10, 20.30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 16.00
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