Nothing Personal

original title:
Nothing Personal
other titles:
(Grenzenloser Hass)
country / year of production:
Great Britain , Ireland / 1995
original length:
86 min. , color
premiere:
CDN: 14 September 1995, Toronto Film Festival
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
Thaddeus O'Sullivan
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cast (role):
Ian Hart , John Lynch , James Frain
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plot synopsis:
The film takes place in the 1970s in Northern Ireland and deals with a paramilitary Protestant group, that hunts members of the IRA. A contract is supposed to bring peace. But when a young Catholik is tortued by the Protestants, brutality and violence rise again. The film shows how the spiral of violence has become the end in itself.
keywords:
terrorism , underground fighters , order and obedience , civilians , torture , family on both sides of the front
war:
Conflict in Northern Ireland (1969-1998)
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availability:
VHS, DVD