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Black '47

Directed by Lance Daly

Starring Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville

In Ireland’s darkest hour vengeance shines a light

In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.