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Adam & Paul

  • 20042004
  • 1h 23m
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7.1/10
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Adam & Paul (2004)
2 heroin addicts negotiate their way through Dublin's city centre, encountering friends and family as they search for their next fix.
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2 heroin addicts negotiate their way through Dublin's city centre, encountering friends and family as they search for their next fix.2 heroin addicts negotiate their way through Dublin's city centre, encountering friends and family as they search for their next fix.2 heroin addicts negotiate their way through Dublin's city centre, encountering friends and family as they search for their next fix.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
3.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
48,677
1,267
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    • Director
      • Lenny Abrahamson
    • Writer
      • Mark O'Halloran
    • Stars
      • Tom Murphy
      • Mark O'Halloran
      • Gavin Dowdall
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Lenny Abrahamson
    • Writer
      • Mark O'Halloran
    • Stars
      • Tom Murphy
      • Mark O'Halloran
      • Gavin Dowdall
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    • 23User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 11 nominations

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    Tom Murphy
    • Paul
    Mark O'Halloran
    Mark O'Halloran
    • Adam
    Gavin Dowdall
    • Boy at Flats 1
    Luke Keeler
    • Boy at Flats 2
    Michael McElhatton
    Michael McElhatton
    • Martin's Voice
    Laurie Morton
    • Woman on Bus 1
    Sylvia Murray
    • Woman on Bus 2
    Gary Egan
    • Georgie
    Dylan Grimes
    • Georgie Jnr
    Shelby Clarke
    • Girl with plaits
    Deirdre Molloy
    • Marian
    Mary Murray
    Mary Murray
    • Orla
    Paul Roe
    • Wayne
    Thomas Farrell
    • Sleeping Bag Boy
    Pierre Rodgers
    • Man in car
    Virginia Cole
    • Café Owner
    Ian Cregg
    • Karl
    Tom Sullivan
    • Shop Worker
    • (as Tomás Ó Súilleabháin)
    • Director
      • Lenny Abrahamson
    • Writer
      • Mark O'Halloran
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    • Trivia
      Tom Murphy (Paul) and Mark O'Halloran (Adam) were told by the local Garda Síochána, the Irish police, to leave the set as they thought that the two of them were real junkies looking to steal items from the set.
    • Goofs
      When Adam is high on heroin and lying down on a street bench (1hr07), the closeup of his eye shows a partially dilated pupil. Heroin would cause the pupils to contract to pinpricks.
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      Spin-off Prosperity (2007)

    User reviews23

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    heroin in Ireland
    One of the best films at the Berlinale Film Festival. Gritty, disturbing with doses of black humour thrown in. The characters are likable and the film never dives into emotional manipulation. It's social realism at it's finest, creatively shot and brilliantly acted. Poignant and unforgettable.

    The dynamics between the two characters are fascinating. Childhood friends, thrown together since age fourteen, living on the streets, without hope, full of despair, Adam constantly berates and yells at Paul but there is above all, a deep, lasting bond between them. They are despicable characters in so many ways, but there is such tragedy in their eyes and so much despair in their bones, and you end up feeling for them, and a certain innate understanding and empathy. They're outcasts with zero future. They're the "pathetic" people we walk past and ignore every day, and, in the film, they mesmerize.

    Somebody said to me it's like Trainspotting without the humour. I'd say it's like Trainspotting, but without the over the top camera tricks, visualizations and the like. There is more social reality and despair, ala Mike Leigh. There is humour, but on a more subtle level.

    It sticks with you.
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    • Feb 21, 2005

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    • Release date
      • August 27, 2004 (Ireland)
    • Country of origin
      • Ireland
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Адам и Пауль
    • Filming locations
      • Dublin, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Element Films
      • Screen Ireland
      • Speers Films
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $313,973
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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