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Hidden Agenda (1990)

Hidden Agenda (1990)

Drama Thriller

Every government has one.

Release Date: 1990, November 21
Directors: Ken Loach
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Initial (II), Initial (II), Hemdale, Hemdale
Cast: John Keegan, Michelle Fairley, Jim Norton, Brad Dourif, Brian Cox, Brian McCann, Oliver Maguire, Frances McDormand, Ian McElhinney, Maurice Roëves, Patrick Kavanagh, John Benfield

Overview:

In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may even implicate one of Kerrigan's colleagues.

Keywords:

torture terrorism politics cover-up northern ireland ira (irish republican army) belfast, north ireland parade irish easter rebellion (1916) thatcherism