Route Irish

Route Irish

6.0IMDb Score
Released:2011-03-16
Genre:Drama
Duration:109 min
Director:Ken Loach
Actors:Mark Womack, John Bishop, Andrea Lowe, Geoff Bell, Jack Fortune
Production:Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Les Films du Fleuve, Urania Pictures, Tornasol Media, Alta Films, France 2 Cinéma

Overview:

A private security contractor in Iraq rejects the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to uncover the truth.

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