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Veronica Guerin (2003)
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda Fricker
6.8
53%Runtime98 min
Rating18
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In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
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Veronica Guerin is a gripping and thought-provoking crime drama directed by Joel Schumacher, featuring a powerhouse performance from Cate Blanchett as the real-life investigative journalist who risked her life to expose the dark underbelly of Dublin's drug trade in the 1990s.
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Veronica Guerin is a 2003 biographical crime film directed by Joel Schumacher from a screenplay by Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donoghue. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda Fricker, and Amy Shiels. Its plot focuses on Irish journalist Veronica Guerin, whose investigation into the drug trade in Dublin led to her murder in 1996, at the age of 36. The film is the second to be inspired by Guerin's life, following When the Sky Falls (2000).
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