Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
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Oliver Hirschbiegel ( Downfall ) is the director of this compelling film inspired by real-life figures.
Hirschbiegel, who made Downfall (about the last days of Hitler), provides a window into each man's psyche, and those portals are what make Five Minutes of Heaven worth a viewer's 90-minute investment.
After drawing criticism for his âsympatheticâ portrayal of Hitler in Der Untergang (Downfall), Hirschbiegel has turned his sights on the Irish Troubles , putting a human face on another âmonsterâ.
Director Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall) films the proceedings with a minimum of fuss, and without the leaden tendentiousness that made his tour in the Führerbunker such a slog.
Yet maybe director Oliver Hirschbiegel's ("Downfall") fact-inspired drama, which won directing and world cinema screenwriting prizes at Sundance, can take a more honest look at the emotional aftershocks of politically motivated violence.
The first film I saw that dealt with the warring Protestant vs Catholic factions was Five Minutes of Heaven where two of its main characters are invited to meet up by a media organization 3 decades after one of them killed the other’s brother in mid 1970s.