After a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.After a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.After a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 24 wins & 55 nominations total
Ciarán Hinds
- Priest
- (uncredited)
Jean-Marc Favorin
- Policeman
- (as Jean Mark Favorin)
Jérémie Renier
- Eirik
- (as Jérémie Rénier)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the original script, Ray and Ken are British, but when Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson came on board, the characters were changed to Irish as to suit their natural sensibilities.
- GoofsThe stationery of the hotel where Ken and Ray are staying has the hotel name as "De Rozenkransje - Brugge". Brugge being the Flemish name for the town of Bruges. Even a fictitious Belgian hotel would never be named like that, because the article is incorrect. 'Rozenkrans', meaning Rosary, would indeed have the article 'de'. However, 'Rozenkransje' is the diminutive and as such would always have 'Het' as the article. Even for proficient but non-native Flemish/Dutch speakers, this is a commonly made mistake.
- Crazy creditsIn the on-screen credits, Kathy Heaser is listed twice as Graphic Designer.
Featured review
I've seen thousands of movies in my life and In Bruges is one of the ones I always come back to. The thing about it is it's almost the perfect movie.
Is it an action movie? Yes Is it a comedy? Yes Is it a drama? Yes But the brilliance lies in the fact that all of those categories blend together to where you don't realize what is what.
It's a movie with brutal violence, brilliant humor and amazing performance by all involved It is also a film about guilt, faith, redemption and the cost of the decisions we all make in life.
Most people don't catch all that's going on. But it by far one of my Top 10, if not Top 5 movies of all time.
Is it an action movie? Yes Is it a comedy? Yes Is it a drama? Yes But the brilliance lies in the fact that all of those categories blend together to where you don't realize what is what.
It's a movie with brutal violence, brilliant humor and amazing performance by all involved It is also a film about guilt, faith, redemption and the cost of the decisions we all make in life.
Most people don't catch all that's going on. But it by far one of my Top 10, if not Top 5 movies of all time.
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- Countries of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- En Brujas
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,800,824
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $459,575
- Feb 10, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $45,211,126
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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