The Bloody Border (2020)
Gênero : Documentário, História, Cinema TV
Runtime : 53M
Director : Christel Fomm
Sinopse
The painful story of Ireland and the Irish people, who struggled for centuries to free themselves from the tyrannical clutches of the British Empire; an epic tale of poverty, hunger, despair, violence and unyielding courage.
Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain, November 26th, 1985, at night. Mikel Zabalza, a young bus driver, is arrested along with other people by the Guardia Civil as part of an operation against the ruthless terrorist gang ETA. When the other detainees are released, they denounce that they have been brutally tortured in the Intxaurrondo facilities. Besides, Mikel is not among them: Mikel has disappeared.
Líder do IRA foge para a Nova York, onde um amigo, para protegê-lo, o coloca morando na casa de um íntegro policial de origem irlandesa, que desconhece sua identidade. Assim, o recém-chegado se integra na família e articula a compra de armamento pesado para levar ao seu país.
Quan é dono de um típico restaurantes chinês em Londres, capital da Inglaterra. Após um misterioso ataque de um grupo de terroristas irlandeses ao seu estabelecimento, ele tem sua vida e família devastadas. Sem muito apoio da polícia local, ele vai buscar vingança com suas próprias mãos.
Um jovem soldado britânico é acidentalmente abandonado por sua unidade, depois de um aterrorizante conflito nas ruas de Belfast, em 1971. Incapaz de distinguir amigos de inimigos, o inexperiente recruta tem que sobreviver sozinho durante à noite e escapar em segurança, emmeio a um ambiente estranho, desordenado e mortal.
Durante o ano de 1981, ocorreu um dos mais violentos motins no presídio Maze Prison, na Irlanda do Norte. O evento ganhou proporções alarmantes e no epicentro da rebelião estava o prisioneiro Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) que, disposto a levar a mente e o corpo aos limites da capacidade humana, inicia uma greve de fome.
Irlanda, 1920. O povo se une para formar exércitos de guerrilha voluntários e enfrentar a cruel Polícia Real Irlandesa vinda da Grã-Bretanha para impedir o movimento independentista. Damien abandona sua carreira promissora como médico e se junta ao irmão Teddy na violenta luta pela liberdade.
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