Silent Grace 23 years old
A gripping story of friendship and survival.
In 1976 the British Government put an end to the special category status of prisoners from the Provisional Irish Republican Army, no longer treating them as prisoners of war, but as common criminals. Mairéad Farrell - on whose life much of the film seems to be loosely based - was the first woman Republican to be refused political status in 1976. By 1980, when the film is set, Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister and doggedly resolute: “There can be no question of political status for someone who is serving a sentence for crime. Crime is crime is crime.” Silent Grace seeks to capture the struggle for the restoration of political status that was at the heart of prison protests in Northern Ireland - not just by the more celebrated male prisoners - but by a smaller number of women prisoners, led by Farrell, at the Armagh Women’s Prison.
Credits
Silent Grace Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Patrick Bergin He was 50, now 73 years old | as Peter (as Patrick Connolly Bergin) |
| Orla Brady She was 40, now 63 years old | as Eileen |
| Cara Seymour She was 37, now 60 years old | as Margaret |
| Rob Newman He was 37, now 60 years old | as Father McGarry |
| Cathleen Bradley | as Aine Quinn |
| Colm O'Maonlai | as Conor |
| Dawn Bradfield She was 30, now 54 years old | as Geraldine |
| Michael Liebmann | as Warden Mark (as Michael Liebman) |
Silent Grace Crew
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Silent Grace (23 years)
A gripping story of friendship and survival.
- Release day: Sunday, July 01, 2001
- Runtime: 87 minutes