Thirty years of armed conflict in Northern Ireland bitter fratricidal quarrels, political intrigues, desperate quests for justice, family dramas, and massive doses of the bloodiest and most glorious violence. And considering how well all these components look on camera, it’s fitting that the turbulent period has inspired dozens of movies, and some of the most relevant are highlighted below.
BELFAST (Kenneth Branagh, 2021)
Set in the summer of 1969, the film sees the origins of the conflict through the eyes of a boy who watches with amazement as his Protestant neighborhood is suddenly occupied by bomb-laden vehicles, British tanks and barricades, and finally lets himself move somewhere. England with her family fleeing sectarianism and persecution.
’71 (Yann Demange, 2014)
A year later, it was inspired by the massive raid known by its name. Falls Road Curfew An incident in Belfast in 1970 that escalated into a series of clashes between British soldiers and members of the IRA, in which approximately 500 people were killed. Stranded behind enemy lines after breaking away from his unit, a young soldier must fight to reach safety in a labyrinth-like, alien and deadly terrain.
BLOODY SUNDAY (PAUL GREEGRASS, 2002)
On January 30, 1972, animal, a peaceful civil rights march concluded massacre of 14 protesters in the hands of the same British troops who must protect them from unionist paramilitaries. The events marked a turning point in the conflict, as they showed that the UK Army was not present to guarantee peace in the region, and after them the Catholic population’s support for the Provisional IRA skyrocketed. While the film remembers them, he refers to the camera in his hand and conveys what happened. confusion, fear and tension happened in the streets.
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (Jim Sheridan, 1993)
It revives the process of arrest, trial, imprisonment and subsequent acquittal – more than 15 years later. Guildford FourHe was wrongfully convicted in 1975.Three attacks in two bars in England. Focusing on the personal journey of one of the defendants, Martin Compston (daniel day lewis), also highlights the violence and illegality of tactics used by British institutions against IRA terrorism.
ELEPHANT (Alan Clarke, 1989)
A total of 18 scenes and 18 murders, some of them multiple, the motivations and dialogues of some make up this shocking thing. short film Representing the horrific human toll of ‘problems’, she fixes her impartial gaze on each victim’s corpse, forcing us to confront the reality of violence in Ulster, something neither less nor more, brutal, absurd and brutal. inhuman.
HUNGER (Steve McQueen, 2008)
chronicle of the last days bobby sandspolitician, poet, and Provisional IRA member who died in prison in 1981 Hunger strike of 66 people British government’s decision abolition of the political status of republican prisoners. His footage highlights the contrast between the harshness of prison life and the growing fragility of the human body, and tries to give a fair portrait of British officers who are also traumatized by violence and face constant death threats.
HIDDEN AGENDA (Ken Loach, 1990)
from a police investigation into state terrorism and ‘shoot to kill’ policy This ‘tension’ as practiced by the British in Northern Ireland uses the investigation of a murder. American civil rights activist It has been mistakenly associated with the IRA as a conspiracy to reflect on the nature of the British presence in Ulster and its impact on the administration of justice throughout the UK.
DERRY GIRLS (2018-2022)
to arrange in the 90sThe three seasons of this captivating sitcom manage to radiate a mix of irreverence and sensuality, despite the violence in which they are set. its heroes Five teenagers who suffer the effects of war every day It’s between Catholics and Protestants, but they have much more serious issues to worry about: hormones, men, and exams, among others.
JOURNEY (Nick Hamm, 2016)
Consider what the speeches of the Protestant priest were like. Ian PasleyDemocratic Unionist Party leader and former IRA member, became Deputy Prime Minister, Martin McGuinnessand resulted in the common governance system that now prevails in Northern Ireland. If two men with conflicting ideologies can talk about football or talk about their wives and children and see each other as they are, then Catholics and Protestants can live together in peace and harmony.
OMAGH (Pete Travis, 2004)
On August 15, 1998, about 4 months later.Signing of the Good Friday Peace Agreementsbomb attack by an IRA splinter group dissatisfied with the deal real IRAIt killed 29 people and injured 200, including 2 pregnant women. This docudrama vividly depicts the massacre, the desperate search for loved ones amid the chaos, and the ensuing battle for answers and justice by the victims’ families.