- Also Known As:
- Unknown
- Year:
- 2006
- Country/ies:
- Belgium
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Spain
- Switzerland
- UK
- Predominant Genre:
- Historical
- Author(s)/Director(s):
- Ken Loach
- Best Performance(s):
- All.
- Premiss:
- A sympathetic look at Republicans in early 20th-century Ireland, and two brothers who are torn apart by the anti-British rebellion.
- Theme(s):
- Personal change
- Political Correctness
- Self-expression
- White culture
- White guilt
- White supremacy
- Similar (in Plot, Theme or Style) to:
- Unknown
- Review Format:
- DVD
Superb, pro-IRA film that deftly explains the source of Ireland’s problems surrounding the 1922 partition.
Where it really scores is in explaining – in dramatic terms - why ethical and political compromises lead to further problems, years later, when the struggle for freedom has been only partially won. Two brothers have differing definitions of freedom – unlike, say, Ghandi; leading to tragic results in this moving portrayal of the human costs of seeking both loyalty and justice.
Required viewing for anyone who wants to know why the English are so mad keen on fomenting trouble in their own backyard; resulting in the deaths of thousands for no practical purpose. Its maker no doubt intended a movie whose lessons are historically applicable to any part of the world where the brutish British have immorally interfered where they were not wanted.
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