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IRELAND · 1993

In the Name of the Father

Jim Sheridan
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Synopsis

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

Year1993
CountryIreland
DirectorJim Sheridan
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