"Say Nothing" re-creates only two, with IRA volunteer Dolours Price (Lola Petticrew young; Maxine Peake older) and commander Brendan Hughes (Anthony Boyle young; Tom Vaughan-Lawlor older), called "The Dark." When we meet them, the Price sisters are working peacefully for equal rights, belittled by their father (Stuart Graham), a proud veteran of an earlier chapter of "the armed struggle" who "bled on the battlefield." The fight to find her remains provides the series' most moving moments, but it's Dolours who is its dramatic key. Compared to the Price sisters, their stories are comparatively undeveloped; as in ballet, the men are there for lifts and catches. There is some violence onscreen, or just offscreen, perpetrated by or against the characters — you feel it in either case.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 16, 2024 22:06 UTC