Probably the same group of performers was used for the two trials.

Krista 2022-04-24 07:01:05

The narrative of the film is very rough, Gerry's futile emotional catharsis runs through, and some branches seem a bit lengthy.
Perhaps in order to stay true to the truth, and the plot itself is full and extreme enough, there is almost no doubt that the end of the fire can give the audience a strong emotional feedback.

After the climax came to an abrupt end, I didn't pay much attention to the ending of the characters in the subtitles, but I remembered these scenes:
1. When the Gerry family was tried, the crowd inside and outside the court chanted "hang them", and everyone was filled with righteous indignation.
2. The parade took the crowd chanting "free the four" as a turning point, and finally the crowd surrounded Gerry and cheered, as if the expected justice had come.

The contrast between the two scenes sent chills down the spine. Aside from the two diametrically opposed positions, the extreme emotions and the full sense of ritual displayed by the masses are almost the same - justice that exhausted their lives and waited for it was just another carnival for the rabble.
How can those who have never been exposed to the truth dare to express their positions so extreme.

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Extended Reading
  • Linnea 2022-01-26 08:14:23

    In addition to the touching relationship between father and son, the female lawyer can't be forgotten by us. In all places where there is injustice and falsehood, we have to fight.

  • Erwin 2022-01-26 08:14:23

    It was not until many years later that a British female lawyer began investigating this extremely absurd injustice from the beginning. Can this unjust case be rehabilitated in the end, and can the father and son be reborn?

In the Name of the Father quotes

  • [after his case is dismissed, and the guards try to escort him out]

    Gerry Conlon: I'm a free man, and I'm going out the front door.

  • Gerry Conlon: That was a good day's work, McAndrew. A good day's work.

    Joe McAndrew: Get away from me.

    Gerry Conlon: You're not looking me in the eye when you're speaking to me. You see, I know how to look at people without blinking as well. In all my god-forsaken life I have never known what it was like to want to kill somebody until now. You're a brave man, Joe. A brave man.