Titanic Town (NR)

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synopsis

An ordinary housewife in 1970s Belfast takes on both the IRA and the British Army in order to put an end to the city's violence. Bernadette decides enough is enough when a friend is killed in front of her young son's eyes. She speaks out in public, but the Protestant press turn her words into an anti-IRA campaign. She is ostracised by her own community, until she decides to talk directly both with the IRA and the British government. Things get complex when her daughter's boyfriend is arrested as a terrorist.

details

Drama, Comedy
1 hr. 40 min.
Opened September 1st, 2000

director

Roger Michell

writer

Anne Devlin

MovieGoer Review

It's mom against the military as a gutsy, had-it-up-to-here housewife battles the British government and the IRA in this warmly told true tale.

Story

Julie Walters shines as Bernie McPhelimy, a working-class mother of... MORE

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synopsis

An ordinary housewife in 1970s Belfast takes on both the IRA and the British Army in order to put an end to the city's violence. Bernadette decides enough is enough when a friend is killed in front of her young son's eyes. She speaks out in public, but the Protestant press turn her words into an anti-IRA campaign. She is ostracised by her own community, until she decides to talk directly both with the IRA and the British government. Things get complex when her daughter's boyfriend is arrested as a terrorist.

details

Drama, Comedy
1 hr. 40 min.
Opened September 1st, 2000

director

Roger Michell

writer

Anne Devlin

MovieGoer Review

It's mom against the military as a gutsy, had-it-up-to-here housewife battles the British government and the IRA in this warmly told true tale.

Story

Julie Walters shines as Bernie McPhelimy, a working-class mother of... MORE