In the Name of the Father

In the grim world of miscarried justice, Gerry Conlon, a petty thief from Belfast, finds himself entangled in a web of deceit when he's implicated in an IRA bombing that occurs while he's miles away in London. With the relentless pressure of coerced confessions by the British police bearing down upon him and his four friends, they are all sentenced to lengthy prison terms for a crime they did not commit. As Gerry struggles to maintain his innocence amidst the horrors of incarceration, he is further devastated by the implication of his own father and other relatives in London. In a harrowing battle against time and an unjust system, Gerry fights fiercely for fifteen years to prove his innocence, exposing the ruthless tactics employed by those who sought to convict him at any cost.