Five Minutes of Heaven

Five Minutes of Heaven

  • Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, Ireland
  • Language: English
  • Release date: February 27, 2009
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Cennette beş dakika
  • "Five Minutes of Heaven" is a drama film directed by Oliver Hissberg and starring Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt . The film tells the story of two Irish people.

    Details

    • Release date February 27, 2009
    • Filming locations Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK
    • Production companies BBC Films, Big Fish Films, Bórd Scannán na hÉireann

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $15,676

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $5,364

    Gross worldwide

    $364,355

    Movie reviews

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    • By Adam 2022-08-04 11:21:46

      Five Minutes of Heaven--Brother and Murderer

      British films, as always, are heavy; so heavy that after I finish watching them, I find myself sitting there for a while. Can time really dilute everything? It can really heal the inner feelings, including some hatred, some admiration, some sympathy, some depression, and some sweetness. Some are possible, some are definitely not. Two Irishmen: one the killer, the other the victim's brother, face to-face thirty-three...

    • By Rhiannon 2022-03-28 09:01:14

      Victims of hatred, the most important thing is to cross that hurdle

      The 33-year entanglement was only because he was present at the time, the relatives of the person he killed were present, and the shadows that neither of them could erase in 33 years. One perpetrator and one victim's family, for such a long period of time, it was actually not a grudge. It's the guilt in the hearts of both parties, a hurdle that can never be hidden from the past... The movie spends most of the time in detailing the complicated emotions of the two people in that scene: hatred,...

    • By Annamae 2022-03-28 09:01:14

      A riotous childhood, a face-to-face dialogue, an inner redemption

      A tumultuous childhood, a head-to-head conversation, an inner redemption
                                                              —Five Minutes in Heaven

      tells the story of two people, Joe and Alistair, from start to finish.
      Alistair grew up in a violent Northern Ireland town in the 1970s, and he inevitably joined a terrorist organization. In order to gain the "affirmation" of others and a sense of honor, he shot another young man in the town on the street. The young brother,...

    • By Aron 2022-03-28 09:01:14

      Atonement, redemption, hatred, forgiveness

      This is a story about atonement and redemption. The hatred of the younger brother comes from seeing his own brother being shot and killed with his own eyes. The release of hatred should be equally painful as the release of forgiveness. Where does the hatred come from? he killed his brother; he killed his brother in front of his brother; he killed his brother in front of his brother, and he did nothing; he killed his brother in front of his younger brother, and his brother indifferent brought...

    • By Calista 2022-03-28 09:01:14

      Five Minutes in Heaven: The choice of two men

      Northern Ireland, a small region in the east of Ireland, is synonymous with violence and bloodshed. People grow up in such an environment and bring hatred to a new generation.

      A shooting incident completely changed the lives of the two men, and the suffering lasted for 33 years. If there is no such meeting, they will continue to be tortured, but no one can predict what kind of situation the enemy will meet. The highlight of the film lies in this, fully figuring out the psychology of...

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    • By Marques 2022-03-28 09:01:14

      Sisberg's narrative style is as plain as boiling water in "The Destruction of an Empire", the procrastination at the end greatly reduces the film, and Griffin's inner monologue pretends to be a tone. Compared to "The Destruction of an Empire", this movie is...

    • By Larue 2022-03-28 09:01:14

      Constant redemption may not have enough understanding of the British national sentiment, but the TV program production unit is also really good. Let the murderer and the victim's relatives meet. This emotional conflict is also the theme of expression, but the depth is not enough; in the title of 1975, Bruce Lee...

    • By Wendy 2022-03-28 09:01:14

      The process seemed too difficult, but it turned out to be easy....

    • By Zena 2022-03-27 09:01:23

      I don't like the way the director tells the story and I'm not very interested in the story...

    • By Margarete 2022-03-27 09:01:23

      Irish accent is...

    Movie plot

    Aristal (Liam Neeson Liam Neeson) is recounting what he went through in Northern Ireland , from joining a gang at 13 to becoming a gang at 14., his upbringing was accompanied by horrific vendettas in the region, so he also experienced particular hardships. When he was young, due to the compulsion of life, he and a group of buddies prepared to robbery. After several failures, he gradually lost his timidity and shame and became an...
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    Movie quotes

    • Joe's Chauffeur - 2008: You made me jump!

      Joe Griffin: 2008: What do you think it does to me? I'm one fuck of a lot closer to me than you are!

    • Joe Griffin: 2008: So! The man shot my brother three times in the head. The man is having the life of Riley. What should I do? Do I shake his hand or do I kill him?

      Vika - 2008: Well, killing him wouldn't be good for him.

      Joe Griffin: 2008: For sure of that!

      Vika - 2008: But it wouldn't be good for you either.

      Joe Griffin: 2008: Oh, not good for me? My five minutes of heaven? How would that be not good for me?

    • Alistair Little: [to interviewer] Guilty if I laugh. Guilty if I drink. Guilty if I forget. How to get through a day. What to do in it. I wake up, I go out. But where to go? He's always there. In my head. And I don't know where to go. Where to put yourself after it all. It's the same for everyone. Some of us have found an answer. He's killed a few Catholics in his time. and now he's killing his own. Some protection thing to control the estate. Released after the Good Friday Agreement, he's on top of the world again, still living it, just like he always was, with his mates watching his back, breathing in the scent of his victories.

      Alistair Little: If I had gone with him then, just said yes to him then... That's all I had to do, just tell him I was in. I know that isn't my answer, but what *is* my answer, you know? I sit in meeting rooms all over the world and I help men to live with what they've done to a wife, a child, a stranger, a neighbor - how to live with that act of violence. That's, you know, always there inside us. But I can't help myself. Sometimes I feel that this preacher is just the man I've become so that I can cheat my way through my life.