To face the future, they must face the past.
The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
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Liam Neeson James Nesbitt Anamaria Marinca Mark Ryder Niamh Cusack Paul Garrett Gerard Jordan Conor MacNeill Diarmuid Noyes Mathew McElhinney Barry McEvoy Richard Dormer Andrea Irvine Pauline Hutton Katy Gleadhill Jonathan Harden Stella McCusker Daniel McClean Emma Neill Amber O'Doherty Paul Kennedy Lalor Roddy Paula McFetridge Gerry Doherty Luke O'Reilly Luke McEvoy Kevin O'Neill Carol Moore Aoibheann Biddle Ruth Mathewson Louis Rolston
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