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12 October 2001 (Ireland)
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90 minutes you'll never forget
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A twisted rite of passage. full summary | add synopsis
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5 wins
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the future of irish film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Elaine Cassidy | ... | Runt / Sinead |
 | Cillian Murphy | ... | Pig / Darin |
 | Brian F. O'Byrne | ... | Gerry |
 | Eleanor Methven | ... | Bernie |
 | Geraldine O'Rawe | ... | Eileen |
| Darren Healy | ... | Marky |
| Sarah Gallagher | ... | Young Runt |
| Charles Bark | ... | Young Pig |
| Tara Lynne O'Neill | ... | Mags |
 | Michael Rawley | ... | Foxy |
| Eoghan Harris | ... | Mr. Keane |
| Dawn Bradfield | ... | Counsellor |
| Marie Mullen | ... | Mrs. Monroe |
| Derry Power | ... | Old Man |
| Mark Doherty | ... | Salesman |
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93 min
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Australia:M (DVD rating) |
Iceland:16 |
Netherlands:12 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Australia:MA |
Ireland:18 |
UK:15
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The second song played during the credits called "So New" was written and performed by Cillian Murphy, who played Pig.
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Its amazing how some of the comments here have completely missed the point of this film. If you haven't seen it yet, I should warn that these comments may give away some plot points.
The facile answers that one user suggest this film offers to the question of "what is love?" don't really deserve aknowledgement. But lets do so anyway.
It would be hard to find a more poignant and complex depiction of the strive for 'pure' love in the face of an ever intruding reality. Pig's love for Runt is the one thing that is whole and real in his life. Yet life, and the fact of their growing up, is slowly taking her away from him. Without her, he himself has no real existence. Therefore his love takes on a growing desperation as he feels her slip away from him.
A commenter questions why runt never "takes to" Pig. Why she is attracted to the bartender.
The point of the film is that she can live in and relate to an outer world beyond her relationship with Pig, while Pig cannot. This world is represented by the barman she dances with, by the roomate she slowly begins to open up to. It is this ability that enables her to survive whilst Pig is spiralling into an ever more violent self-destruction. She loves Pig but realises that the insulated world thay have cocooned themselves within must fall apart. She ultimately saves him from a world that he cannot live in and that she knows he must.
The real triumph of this film is how it completely trancends its stage bound roots. The action is opened out and incorporates a range of characters which, if never fully rounded, likewise are never mere cliches. There is in fact only one speech lifted directly from the play, where Pig expresses his growing frustration as sexuality begins to enter their relationship. The ending soliloquay which one commenter feels betrayed the stage origins was in fact completely new to the film, and indeed the ending itself is completely rewritten.
The direction of this film is lively and interesting. Veering between the hyper-kinetic disco scenes and the peaceful fairy tale world of Pig and Runt's fantasies without jarring. It manages to take Pig on a road trip without ever losing pace and leaves us with a truly heartwrenching scene of sacrifice and beauty.
This is the future of Irish cinema; fresh, exciting directors and a depiction of Ireland that manages to be both free from stereotypical depictions of Irishness whilst maintaining a distinct storytelling style. Go see it.