"Cal". Is this the film in which he tells his little daughter to stay at home (when he goes to see his lover), but she follows him in the night and is shot dead then? Or do I mix it up with another film?
shareYes, you have mixed it up with another film, but I don't know which one. But Cal doesn't have a daughter.
shareI've seen a LOT of his films but that didn't ring a bell at all. A film involving The Troubles I didn't see that he was in is a film called Nothing Personal. Does that sound familiar?
shareThanks for your answers. I thought that the film I saw was older and located between Shankill Road and Falls Road, and John`s character was not allowed to pass the (closed at night) big gate between the Catholic and the Protestant side, but nevertheless he went there to see his lover. His little daughter followed him and was shot dead.
Is that the story of Nothing Personal?
IMDb is, as usual, very mysterious about the plot of a lesser known film but here's a review I found on google. Very encouraging! I wonder if it's on dvd, would like a look at it myself.
Northern Ireland's civil unrest is the backdrop for this tense drama. In Belfast in 1975, a bomb blast rips open a pub in a Protestant neighborhood, killing the patrons inside. Following this attack, representatives from the Irish Republican Army and local Loyalist forces call a mutual truce, which angers foot soldiers on both sides of the fence. Kenny (James Frain) is the leader of a rabid anti-IRA faction. His best friend is Ginger (Ian Hart), a violent man who has no remorse about killing Catholics. Kenny and Ginger wait out the truce alongside Leonard (Michael Gambon), politically the best-informed of Kenny's group; Eddie (Gary Lydon), Kenny's second in command; and Tommy (Ruaidhri Conroy), a teenager new to the fighting. Ann (Maria Doyle Kennedy), Kenny's former wife, has become involved with a kind man named Liam (John Lynch). While Liam is apolitical, he's a practicing Catholic, which, combined with Kenny's jealousy, puts his life in great danger as he tries to find his way home using a supposedly safe route. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Thanks a lot. Well, it could be the film I meant. It`s available at Amazon, but it`s expensive. (Don`t mix it up with the Stephen Rea film.)
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