Five Minutes of Heaven 2009

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Synopsis:

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.

Won: World Cinema Screenwriting Award, Directing Award, 2009 Sundance Film Festival; Best Drama, 2010 Irish Film and Television Awards
Nominated: Grand Jury Prize, 2009 Sundance Film Festival
Review:

"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

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Genres: Crime, Drama

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