Academy Award Winner Daniel Day-Lewis gives an impassioned performance in this riveting drama that mirrors one man’s 15-year struggle and ultimate triumph over a terrible injustice. In The Name of the Father tells the true saga of Gerry Conlon. A petty thief in strife-torn ‘70s Belfast, Gerry’s main interests are getting drunk and partying, much to the dismay of his quiet, frail father Giuseppe (Pete Postlethwaite). When Gerry angers the IRA, his father sends him to England, where his antics land him in the wrong place at the wrong time. Innocent, but forced to confess to a savage terrorist bombing, he is sentenced to life imprisonment as one of the “Guildford Four.” An innocent Giuseppe is also arrested and jailed, and while behind bars, Gerry slowly learns that his father’s seeming weakness masks an unmatched inner strength and wisdom. Working with a fiercely dedicated lawyer played by Oscar Winner Emma Thompson, Gerry determines to prove his innocence, clear his father’s name and expose the truth behind one of the most shameful legal events in recent history.
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Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite, John Lynch, Anthony Brophy, Corin Redgrave, Tom Wilkinson, Philip King, Don Baker, Saffron Burrows, Phil Davis, Jamie Harris, Bosco Hogan, Britta Smith, Aiden Grennell, Mark Sheppard, Gerard McSorley, Frankie McCafferty, Alison Crosbie, Frank Harper, John Benfield, Joe McPartland, Beatie Edney, Stanley Townsend, Daniel Massey, Malcolm Tierney, Tony Denham, Sean Lawlor, Rob Spendlove, Jonathan Ryan, Richard Graham, Denys Hawthorne, Rachael Dowling, Dave Duffy, Oliver Maguire, Mal Whyte, Ronan Wilmot, Julian Walsh, Paul Raynor, Alan Barry, Jer O’Leary, Nye Heron, Stuart Wolfenden, Paul Warriner, Al Pacino, Paterson Joseph, Paul O’Grady.
