John Lynch, looking like he's strayed out of a Bresson and into this by accident, is understandably confused when he falls for the widow of a man he helped to kill in The Troubles, played by Helen Mirren. It's rather good, although I still don't know how the army found him as he hadn't revealed his whereabouts to anyone. Nicely lit by Jerzy Zielinski; music by Mark Knopfler.
Written by Bernard MacLaverty, from his novel. With Donal McCann, John Kavanagh, Ray McAnally.
Doomed love story in unusual setting.
The graffiti 'Remember 1690' is a reference to the Battle of the Boyne, controversially recognised by some as a great Protestant victory over Catholics and causing problems when one side or the other wants to march about it. The Northern Ireland situation is NUTS (and probably all the fault of the English in the first place).
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