Silent Grace (2001) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2001 · 87 mins · English

Starring

Orla Brady, Patrick Bergin, Cara Seymour, Dawn Bradfield, Carol Moore, Conor Mullen

The film shows the 1976 end of special‑category status for IRA prisoners, reclassifying them as ordinary criminals. It follows Mairéad Farrell, a Republican denied political status, and Armagh women as they protest in 1980 against Margaret Thatcher’s stance that “there can be no question of political status for someone serving a sentence for crime.”