In Belfast in 1975, a young shipyard worker is murdered in cold blood in front of his young brother. Thirty years later, the now grown-up Joe (Nesbitt) is given the chance, through a live TV interview set-up, to confront his brother’s killer – former British loyalist Alistair (Neeson). Both are seeking a way to let go of the past, but both have different ideas of how this will happen.

This film won the (much deserved) Audience Prize at last year’s Canberra International Film Festival, but, criminally, hasn’t been seen on ACT screens since… until now. This is the type of film that I feel proud that the ANU Film Group gives you a chance to see, as it is a much under-rated gem. Director Oliver Hirschbiegel, best known for the Hitler movie Downfall (not to mention its many Internet parodies, although I don’t think he was responsible for those!), brings his ability to generate tense situations on film to the fore once again here. Neeson is great as the tortured Alistair, and the momentum slowly builds to a climax that may not be quite what you expect.

As said before, there hasn’t been much opportunity to see this on the big screen here, so I urge you to come along tonight for a gripping and complex thriller that is guaranteed to have you talking afterwards.