Silent Grace
“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.
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Cast
23 people
Orla Brady
Eileen
Known for
Into the Badlands
VisionQuest
Cathleen Bradley
Aine Quinn
Known for
About Adam
Conor Mullen
Cunningham
Known for
Normal People
Kin
Deirdre McMahon
Cara Seymour
Margaret
Known for
The Knick
American Psycho
Rob Newman
Father McGarry
Also in
The Mary Whitehouse Experience
Newman and Baddiel in Pieces
Dawn Bradfield
Geraldine
Known for
Irish Wish
Mr Malcolm's List
Patrick Bergin
Peter (as Patrick Connolly Bergin)
Known for
Sleeping with the Enemy
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
Michael Liebman
Warden Mark (as Michael Liebman)
Known for
Ripper Street
WΔZ
Marc O'Shea
Kevin Wheelan
Also in
Sleepers
You, Me & Marley
Sarah Boyd-Wilson
Ann Bates
Also in
Stuck
Dean Pritchard
Patsy
Maeve Murphy Director
First release July 1, 2001 · Produced in Ireland · Production Crimson Films, Guerilla Films
Production
Follower Films
Production
Crimson Films
Production
Guerilla Films
Production · Distribution
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Production
Irish Screen
Production
Ireland
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Ireland · July 1, 2001
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Ireland
June 24, 2017 · TV · TV3
Russia
June 25, 2003 · Moscow Film Festival
United Kingdom
February 13, 2004
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