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Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)  link to Five Minutes of Heaven on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 2746

poster Five Minutes of Heaven

IMDb Rating:
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6.7/10 (11382 votes)

Country: UK, 89 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama

Director(s): Oliver Hirschbiegel

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
In February, 1975, in Northern Ireland, seventeen year-old UVF member Alistair Little kills the catholic Jimmy Griffin in his house in Lurgan in front of his younger brother Joe Griffin. Alistair is arrested and imprisoned for twelve years while Joe is blamed by his mother for not saving his brother. Thirty-three years later, a TV promotes the meeting of Alistair and Joe in a house in River Finn, expecting the truth and the reconciliation of the murderer and the victim who actually seeks five minutes of heaven.

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Cast:

photo Mark Ryder Mark Ryder Young Alistair - 1975
photo Diarmuid Noyes Diarmuid Noyes Andy - 1975
photo Niamh Cusack Niamh Cusack Alistair's Mum - 1975
photo Conor MacNeill Conor MacNeill Dave - 1975
photo Paul Garrett Paul Garrett Alistair's Dad - 1975

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1