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5.2/10   65 votes
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Writer:
Johnny Gogan (writer)
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Release Date:
1 December 2001 (Ireland) more
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Plot:
An imaginative thriller about a mapmaker who uncovers the body of an alleged informer while mapping a border beauty spot in Ireland... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
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Cast

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Brian F. O'Byrne ... Richie Markey
Susan Lynch ... Jane Bates
Brendan Coyle ... Robert Bates
Ian McElhinney ... Inspector Devlin
Oisin Kearney ... Cub Nolan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Des Braiden ... Reverend Leslie James
Anthony Brophy ... Kieram Maguire
Marti Devaney-O'Hehir ... Garage Woman
Richard Dormer ... Harry Fawcett
Prin Duignar ... Man in Bar
Nevan Finegan ... Orangeman
John R. Flanagan ... Morgan
Dermot Healy ... James Maguire
Daragh Heraghty ... Joe
Bill Hickey ... Father Dunne
Marie Jones ... Bridie
Donal Kearney ... Young Richie
Columb McBride ... Man in Bar
Stephen McCoy ... Bully 2
Hubert McMorrow ... Lodge Master
Frank O'Sullivan ... Interrogator
Ciaran Owens ... Young Nolan
Davis Pearse ... Interrogator
Nuala Reilly ... Rose Nolan
Michael Roper ... Foreman
Pat Shortt ... Patsy
Alan Siberry ... Young Dawson
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Runtime:
100 min | Canada:92 min (Montréal World Film Festival)
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a neutral view from outside the conflict, 29 November 2002
7/10
Author: ruben-heim

If I understood everything correctly (the relations weren't always clear), it is (intended) like this:

A mapmaker (surprise!) enters the area around the Irish-Northern Irish border in this "political ghost story`. It is the time of the peace process. Slightly rooted there via his granfather he is a stranger on terrain filled with emotion and meaning, soaked with blood. His work unearthes the dead, provokes threats and suppressed hate. When Gogan finishes his protagonist's work with a tape recorded by an assumed informer (killed therefore), Protestants and Catholics get united having a look at his map. An atmospherically dense glimpse of hope. Hopefully to provide a perspective opposed to the ghosts of the past and the madness of a hybrid everyday life between openness and deceit.

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