
            Penance.It is 1916. Ireland. Priest EOIN O'DONNELL recruits impressionable teenager ANTAINE to fight the British. Just over Fifty years later violence travels full circle when Antaine meets Fr.Eoin, but now Antaine is now a seasoned gunman.SYNOPSIS
1916. The Easter Risings. Fire-brand Father EOIN O'DONNELL is convinced that only violence will force Britain out of Ireland. He influences young, impressionable, ANTAINE to fight. When events spiral violently
out of control.
1969. Fifty years on, experienced gunman Antaine arrives in Derry and rekindles Fr. Eoin's guilt about his influence over Antaine as a young boy.He sees Antaine have a dangerous effect on his Bogside community, especially Fr.Eoin's alter server Feidhlim.With Antaine's arrival, a dangerous situation becomes worse. The Odd Man Out, noirish streets of Derry create a sense of threat. Eoin no longer believes in violence in the pursuit of political objectives.He tells Antaine that negotiation is the way forward. Failing, he realizes the only way to break the cycle of violence and revenge is to undermine Feidhlim's belief in Antaine as a hero. And for that he must sacrifice himself. Eoin informs on Antaine.At the denouement, we understand that Fr. Eoin, the one-time firebrand, now abhors violence. He believes he must undermine the flawed concept of hero and, therefore he must destroy Antaine. And by that logic he must destroy himself. Eoin informs on Antaine. Struggling with this betrayal he says a Mass. Perhaps his own Last Rites.Feidhlim enters the church and history has come full circle and arguably Fr Eoin gains Penance.
    

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