Intermission (film)
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | John Crowley |
| Produced by |
Stephen Woolley Neil Jordan Alan Moloney |
| Written by | Mark O'Rowe |
| Starring |
Colin Farrell Cillian Murphy Kelly Macdonald Colm Meaney Shirley Henderson |
| Music by | John Murphy |
| Cinematography | Ryszard Lenczewski |
| Edited by | Lucia Zucchetti |
| Distributed by |
Buena Vista Pictures (UK) IFC Films (US) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (DVD) |
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Release date
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29 August 2003 |
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Running time
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105 minutes |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5,000,000 |
| Box office | $4,856,298 |
Intermission is a 2003 Irish black comedy crime film directed by John Crowley and written by Mark O'Rowe. The film, set in Dublin, Ireland, has been shot in a documentary-like style, and contains several storylines which cross over one another.
The film opens with a cashier being charmed by Lehiff (Colin Farrell) who after flirting with the girl smashes her in the face and steals from the till. It quickly moves to John (Cillian Murphy) and Deirdre (Kelly Macdonald) who are a recently separated young couple. The film will revolve around their extended friends.
It is quickly revealed that Lehiff is a petty criminal always involved in trouble. Lehiff's nemesis, Garda Detective Jerry Lynch (Colm Meaney) who presents himself as a saviour whose main mission is to fight the "scumbags" on Dublin's streets. He enlists the help of Ben Campion (Tomás Ó Súilleabháin), an ambitious film-maker and the bane of his "go-softer" boss, who considers Lynch too nasty a subject to be shown on a mainstream “docusoap” series on Irish television.
Next up is Mick (Brian F. O'Byrne) a Dublin bus driver. While on his route Sally (Shirley Henderson) boards and is shown to be deeply insecure about her looks. She asks Mick about some hair on her lip and he mocks her playfully. As the bus journey continues a young boy called Philip is shown throwing a rock at his bus resulting in a bad crash that Ben winds up shooting the aftermath of. Ben is told to focus his attention on Sally, Deirdre's sister, who helped the passengers after the double-decker bus crashed. She grows bitter when Deirdre flaunts her new boyfriend, Sam (Michael McElhatton), a middle-aged bank manager who has left his wife of 14 years, Noeleen, leaving her to question her own self-worth as a woman and wife.
John is utterly lost without Deirdre and is determined to win her back. Mick having become suspended from his job and low on funds come up with a scheme involving Lehiff and Sam. They kidnap Sam and force him to go to his bank to get money for a ransom. Just as the plan seems to be working out everything goes wrong as Sam, is assaulted by his enraged wife Noeleen on the street and Gardai are forced to intervene. Mick and John flee the scene without their money.
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