Five Minutes of Heaven

Name: Five Minutes of Heaven

Year: 2009

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Cast: Liam Neeson, Anamaria Marinca, James Nesbitt, Niamh Cusack, Conor MacNeill, Barry McEvoy, Juliet Crawford, Lalor Roddy, Mark Davison, Richard Dormer, Andrea Irvine, Paul Kennedy, Gerard Jordan, Jonathan Harden, Diarmuid Noyes, Paul Garret, Richard Orr

Runtime: 89 min

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Language: English
Country: UK Ireland


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Synopsis:
Lurgan, Northern Ireland, 1975. A low level civil war has been underway, with the Irish Republican Army targeting British loyalists and the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force exacting revenge on Catholics they claim are militant republicans. Alistair Little, 17, is the leader of a UVF cell, eager to be blooded. He and his gang are given the go-ahead to kill a young Catholic man, James Griffin, as a reprisal and a warning to others. When the hit is carried out, Joe Griffin - the 8-year old little brother of the target - watches in horror as his brother is killed. Little goes to prison for 12 years.

33 years after the murder, Little and Joe Griffin are to meet, on camera, with a view to reconciliation. Little has served his sentence, and peace may have been agreed to in Northern Ireland, but Joe Griffin is not coming on the program for a handshake. Unbeknownst to the production team, he intends to murder his brother’s killer during the filmed meeting. However, he becomes emotional just before the meeting and demands that the cameras be removed, scuppering the project.

Later, Little agrees to meet Griffin in the latter's old house. Griffin attempts to stab Little, jumping him from behind. Little tackles Griffin, and both fall through a window, ending up the lying together on the outside pavement. The two are injured, and Little tells Griffin to "get rid of me" and tell his family that he killed him off because he is "nothing" and wants Griffin to live his life with his daughters.

Little is speaking metaphorically, and means for Griffin to kill Little off in his head, in so doing they can both move on. Griffin very shakily lights up a cigarette as Little pulls himself up against a wall and limps down the road. The following day, Griffin attends a group sharing. He shares to the group that he wants to be a good father for his daughters and he cries. In the end, he calls Little to tell him, "I forgive you."