In 2006, Northern Ireland's bloody Troubles had dragged on for decades. Now with the growing threat of a new generation inspired by the 9/11 attacks to escalate the conflict to new levels of destruction, both the Catholic Republican and the Protestant Unionist sides are finally persuaded to seriously explore a peace agreement at UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's urging. Unfortunately, the principle negotiators, firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness, are decades-long implacable enemies. However with talks about... to start, Paisley has his wedding anniversary that he is determined to attend at home, and McGuinness decides he must accompany his enemy to prevent him from being persuaded to abandon this chance for peace. With the Prime Minister and his MI-5 staff nervously watching from secret cameras, the two foes undertake a journey together in which they bridge the seemingly unbridgeable and change the course of history. [show more]
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Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney star as Irish politicians Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness in this drama about a meeting between the two rivals. The film depicts a fictional account of a real meeting between the Democratic Unionist Party Leader and the Sinn Fein politician during a journey to the airport. It is on this journey that they lay the foundations for their landmark 2006 St Andrews Agreement and discuss how to bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The cast also includes John Hurt, Toby Stephens, Catherine McCormack, Ian McElhinney and Freddie Highmore as the politicians' driver.
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