Five Minutes of Heaven

Film per la tv del 2009 di Oliver Hirschbiegel ambientato nella prima parte, che costituisce l’antefatto al tema principale del perdono, nell’Irlanda del nord degli anni ’70, devastata dalla guerra civile tra cattolici e protestanti, e nella seconda in una lussuosa villa di campagna scelta come set televisivo per l’incontro ad effetto, trentatré anni dopo l’omicidio di un giovane cattolico da parte [...] Vai alla recensione »

“YOU know, it’s a complicated relationship with the place one grows up in,” the actor James Nesbitt said, “particularly if it’s Northern Ireland.” He spoke from his home in London, where he has lived since the mid-1980s: “I’ve now lived here longer than I lived there, but I still consider Northern Ireland my home.” And it is also complicated for Liam Neeson, with whom Mr.

The Troubles, Northern Ireland's 30-year cycle of sectarian violence, seems to be catching up with the Holocaust for the sheer number and range of movies it has inspired. And, as with Holocaust-era films, just when you think there can't possibly be another cinematic twist on this devastating period, someone finds a new way in: Witness Oliver Hirschbiegel's "Five Minutes of Heaven," an intriguing, what-if [...] Vai alla recensione »

Two Irishmen talk and talk and talk, often in separate physical spaces that reflect their very different head spaces. In “Five Minutes of Heaven,” a feature-length talkathon built on a sketchy premise, some unpersuasive psychology, a pinch of politics and strong star turns from Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt, the appeal of all those words runs out long before the director Oliver Hirschbiegel turns off [...] Vai alla recensione »