it hurts but we need it

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 2006)

this film was shown in only 30 cinemas all over england... it reminds me of when hidden agenda got to Cannes... some ignorant (is not even worth to be mentioned) said that that was the "entrance of the IRA into Cannes".. 16 years have passed by and the song is still the same, isn't' it? This is not a film against the English, is not a film that takes a side for propaganda purposes. It is just about human beings, with their feeling, their values, their emotions, that find themselves involved in something bigger than they would have expected. To quote Cillian Murphy impersonating Damien O' Donovan: " I tried not to get into this war but I did. Now I am trying to get out of it but I can't". knowing that there's still directors like Loach out there makes me proud of my choice of becoming and being a filmmaker myself. it's not about england and Ireland, its's not about Nicaragua and CIA and not either about Franco against the communists in Spain. It's about what is right and what is wrong and most of all about what we all should know even though it hurts.