Set during the unrest in Ireland, a journalist gambles to broker a secret backchannel between the IRA and the United States
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Chris O'Dowd
Niall O'Dowd
Jane Fonda
Jean Kennedy Smith
John C. Reilly
Bruce Morrison
Ciarán Hinds
Bill Flynn
Tom Hollander
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