Omagh

Omagh

6.6IMDb Score
Released:2005-03-23
Genre:Drama
Duration:102 min
Director:Pete Travis
Actors:Gerard McSorley, Michèle Forbes, Brenda Fricker, Stuart Graham, Peter Ballance
Production:Portman Film, Tiger Aspect, Hell's Kitchen International, Channel 4 Television, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉ, Element Pictures

Overview:

The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relatives of the victims starts an examination to bring the people responsible to court.

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