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In the Name of the Father -
1993 The My Left Foot team of star Daniel
Day-Lewis and director Jim Sheridan were reunited
to make this political docudrama about Irish
citizen Gerry Conlon (Day-Lewis), who was wrongly
convicted of taking part in an IRA bombing that
killed five in Guildford, England in 1974. After
a brutal interrogation forces him to sign a false
confession, Gerry is sentenced to prison, his
family is raked over the coals, and later his
father Giuseppe (Pete Postelthwaite) is charged
with being an accomplice and is also sent to
prison where he lives out the last days of his
life.
Powerful drama details their fight to survive in
prison and an English lawyer's fight to free them
and reveal the truth of their innocence.
Starring:- Daniel
Day-Lewis: Pete Postlethwaite: Alison Crosbie
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