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Bobby Sands was the IRA member who led the 1981 Long Kesh hunger strike as part of a campaign to achieve the status of political prisoners and not that of criminals. The first section of film deals with daily prison life, the 'dirty' protest and the violence, the second is a long discussion on the meaning of life with a sympathetic priest and the third depicts the last weeks and death of a man voluntarily dying of starvation.
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THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (2007)
Certification12 Our Rating
On December 7 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the French editor-in-chief of fashion magazine Elle. Three weeks later, after a massive stroke, Bauby awakes from a coma, an active mind trapped inside a dead body, his only contact and communication with the world the ability to blink his left eyelid. Adapted from Bauby's memoirs, "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly" is an extraordinary flight of the imagination rooted firmly in the realities of the narrator's new world. Beautifully filmed you are ove
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THE SEA INSIDE (2004)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Ramon Sampedro has been on an unusual quest for over thirty years, almost completely paralysed he has been fighting for the right to legally end his life. Based on a true story The Sea Inside is a tale of extraordinary beauty; exemplary performances and thoughtful direction have created something that seems to contradict Ramon's desire, because against all logic this film is a celebration of life. Deeply thoughtful and immensely moving.
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VERA DRAKE (2004)
Certification12 Our Rating
Vera Drake, is one of the kindest, most selfless individuals any right thinking person could hope to meet, the mother of two grown up children, the wife of a loving husband, she works as a cleaner and is the epitome of a warm hearted decency. Vera is not just devoted to her family however, in the little spare time available to her she helps young girls terminate unwanted pregnancies and, though she takes no payment, this is 1950s Britain and the consequences for her actions, should she be discov
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