Love Lies Bleeding
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Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder. During peace talks, he is released on a 24-hour parole and uses the time to search for his girlfriend Leyla’s killer. He finds only lies and intrigue surrounding her death, and he begins to realize that his lover was not what she seemed.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1993-06-14
Runtime: 89 mins
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Writer: Ronan Bennett
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
Original title: Love Lies Bleeding
Production Companies: BBC Northern Ireland, Télécip
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Cast
Mark Rylance
Élisabeth Bourgine
John Kavanagh
Brendan Gleeson
Tony Doyle
Robert Patterson
George Shane
James Nesbitt
Emma Jordan
Stuart Graham
Tim Loane
James Durrell
Michael Liebman
Bosco Hogan
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