The movie is about Gerry Conlon from Belfast who moves to London to get a job and earn money for his family. During his stay in London Gerry and his friend Paul move in with a flock of hippies, and meet up with Carole Richardson and Paddy Armstrong. A day Gerry and Paul is in the park and met up with a homeless named Charlie Burke, after a while an explosion can be heard in the background, they leave the park with no further problems. Later on that night they finds someones key and break in to their house, they find a lot of money and has therefore everything they need and travel back to Belfast. After a while back home they get arrested and charged for the bombing back in London, after long and violant interrogations Gerry, Paul, Carole and Paddy get convicted for murder only for being Irish and at the wrong place at the wrong time. The rest of Gerry`s family also get convicted for knowing of the "terrorist activities", and his father has to spend years in prison with his son Gerry. Gerrys father which has bad healt dies after 15 years in prison. Barrister Gareth Pierce starts to investigate the case in the police archives and finds out that the police has hid information for the court, the case opens again. This evidence provided Gerry with a solid alibi the court is forced to release all four. When leaving the courthouse, Gerry states that he will continue to fight injustice "in the name of his father.".
This was a very strong movie and showed us much hatred and injustice.
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