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Northern Ireland. Soldiers, through inattention, run into a car with a woman and her young son. Two years later... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins moreUser Comments:
Worthy message but the basic delivery means it falls well short of the mark moreCast
(Credited cast)| Sam Spruell | ... | Stevie | |
| Gerry Doherty | ... | Father | |
| Karly Greene | ... | Katie | |
| James Doran | ... | Hayknife | |
| Alan Heyburn | ... | Longgrasses | |
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| Jamie Martin | ... | Saracen Commander | |
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An armed car ploughs into a civilian car on a country road, killed a woman and her young son. Two years later a man and his daughter find themselves overwhelmed by the rain and struggling to save their horse from the flooded river. The army pass by on patrol and come to their help, although the man does not want their help because it was his wife and son that were killed years ago.
Although relying very heavily on one major coincidence to produce the narrative, this film still produces a good story that engages while also serving as a look at the issues of forgiveness within the Northern Ireland conflict. The father is the focus of the film for it is his inability to forgive and the state's inability to provide justice that feed his anger and pain. This would have been better if it had not been painted so simply and in broad strokes by the writer, but as it is it comes off as a rather simplistic and tidy summing up of the conflict the last line of the film being a fine example of this. It is interesting enough to do the job and perhaps, having lived in NI for most of my life, I'm too familiar with the subject to be able to get much from this film, but I doubt that was the problem.
Forgiveness is an issue in NI, and the idea of civilians being killed through Army negligence is certainly correct but this film doesn't do anything clever or insightful with it. Its simplicity is a strength in the regard that it doesn't make the mistakes that so many film versions of Northern Ireland do, but the "message" is a bit corny and delivered in such a basic fashion that it betrays the complexity of the emotions and situation in real life. A worthy try that is well directed and makes good use of its budget but it falls well short of the mark.