titanic town be the real life story of bernie mcphelimy and a belfast mother who be the driving force behind an anti violence initiative of the 1970 . ( the film draw it name from it city of location and where the titanic be build at the harland and wolff shipyard . ) bernie be a witness to several military raid within both her neighborhood and her own home . the film show how her feeling of indignancy be ignite and herself propel rather too quickly into a spiral of irish politics and intrigue . titanic town do an excellent job of demonstrate how one own emotion and the news medium and circumstantial event work to transform an ordinary individual into a national controversy . performance by julie walter ( a bernie mcphelimy ) and newcomer nuala oneill ( a her daughter ) and and ciaran mcmenamin ( a an ira activist ) be particularly well do . strong support work be give by ciaran hind and a bernie spent and sickly husband . adeptly direct by roger michell ( notting hill ) and titanic town may be somewhat date from a topical standpoint and but it presentation of the irish conflict in most human of term make it a more than worthy watch . it be a brave story and about a brave ( if somewhat belligerent ) people and which will elicit compassion and sympathy and respect from nearly any viewer .