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- Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Written by Guy Hibbert
- Starring Anamaria Marinca, James Nesbitt, Liam Neeson
From the Oscar-nominated director of DOWNFALL, the BAFTA-winning screenwriter of OMAGH, and star Liam Neeson comes a startling new thriller inspired by true events: In 1975, 17-year-old Irish-Protestant Alistair Little assassinated 19-year-old Catholic Jim Griffin in his Ulster home. The murder was witnessed by Griffin's 11-year-old brother Joe. Thirty years later, Little (Neeson) has been rehabilitated and released from prison, while Joe Griffin (James Nesbitt, BLOODY SUNDAY) remains traumatized and bitter. But when a television talk show decides to bring them together for a live on-air reconciliation, two men haunted by one moment must come face-to-face with their own worlds of pain, violence and vengeance. Anamaria Marinca co-stars in this must-see drama that dares to explore both sides of Northern Ireland's troubled past as it comes to terms with its still uncertain future.
"It's an original movie idea that feels written for the stage, all the more so since so much of our attention is diverted to admiring how the actors act, in roles with a high degree of technical difficulty." -- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
(Read more)- More on Five Minutes of Heaven:
- Official film Web site
- Interview with director Oliver Hirschbiegel
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