In the Name of the Father (plot commentary)

This is a true story. Gary (Daniel Day-Lewis) lived in war-torn Northern Ireland, when the Northern Ireland Republican Army was committed to opposing British colonial rule. Young Gary spent his days doing nothing, sneaking around, and unintentionally offended the Northern Ireland Republican Army. In desperation, his father (Pete Postlethwaite) can only send him to England to make a career in the world. Unexpectedly, Gary, who had just arrived in the UK, was framed as a terrorist of the Northern Irish Republican Army by the local police who were eager to commit crimes. He also implicated his aunt's family in the UK and was imprisoned as terrorists. His father complained everywhere and was eventually imprisoned. Father and son suffered a lot in prison. It was not until many years later that a British female lawyer began to re-investigate this extremely ridiculous injustice. Can this unjust case be vindicated in the end, and can father and son be reunited?