40 minutes that'll wreck your worldview harder than a semester of philosophy.
Against the backdrop of the bombing campaign in Britain and the Northern Ireland Hunger Strike, a young woman joins a terrorist operation which takes three people hostage. Over the days of their captivity, she questions her own involvement and the history of Ireland which has brought her to this point.
Acting
Veronica Quilligan's face does more work than most three-hour epics.
Direction
Aisling Walsh squeezes unbearable tension into cramped rooms.
Writing
Dialogue that refuses easy answers about terrorism and identity.
Director
Aisling Walsh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike when ten prisoners starved to death—this wasn't historical drama, it was live wire.
Aisling Walsh was only 23 directing this, making one of the most assured debut short films in Irish cinema history.
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