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Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a stunning performance in this gripping drama about a 15-year struggle and ultimate triumph over cruel injustice. In the Name of the Father tells the true story of Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis), an insignificant thief living in the disgraced Belfast of the 1970s. When Gerry alienates the IRA, his father (Pete Postlethwaite) sends him to England instead. But even there, Gerry doesn't act like a saint and one day finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time for his stunts.
Innocent but forced under pressure to confess his involvement in a bloody bombing, he finds himself in prison for life as one of the "Guildford Four". Working with his tireless and ambitious lawyer, played by Oscar® winner Emma Thompson, Gerry embarks on a battle to prove his innocence, clear his father's name and uncover the truth behind one of the most shameful trials in history...