Politics/Pride

This searing and elegiac film depicting all of the human drama and challenging emotions surrounding the troubles in the Emerald Isle regarding British rule does a terrific job of depicting the historical significance of the Easter Rising and the events leading to the partition of Ireland after the achievement of an 'Irish Free State' by the "Irish Republican Army" (IRA) established by the gifted aspirations of Irish patriot Michael Collins and Irish mentalist and political 'administrator' Eamon de Valera.

What is really striking about this film is the apparent contrast between the sensitive demands of the Irish people (regarding an undesirable British rule) and the apparent lack of empathy and support by the international community (though there are allusions that growing Western empathy for the Irish cause are developing).

I really like the political interplay between Collins (Neeson) and de Valera (Rickman).


{paraphrased}

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DE VALERA: We must attack the Customs House.
COLLINS: It will be a disaster of epic proportions, Dev!
DE VALERA: This is serious...Michael.
COLLINS: Alright, but I still recommend guerilla skirmishes.
DE VALERA: They call us murderers!
COLLINS: War is murder, even guerilla war!
DE VALERA: The international community does not endorse guerillas.
COLLINS: This is a people's cause.
DE VALERA: And we as a people deserve to express ourselves as diplomats.
COLLINS: We'll languish in prisons protesting forever, Dev.
DE VALERA: Maybe that's what Churchill has in mind...

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Easter Rising:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Rising


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