Trouble with Sex
| Trouble with Sex | |
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Australian DVD cover
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| Directed by | Fintan Connolly |
| Produced by | Fiona Bergin |
| Written by |
Fintan Connolly Catriona McGowan |
| Starring |
Aidan Gillen Renée Weldon Gerard Mannix Flynn Declan Conlon Eamon Morrissey |
| Music by | Niall Byrne |
| Cinematography | Owen McPolin |
| Edited by | Sarah Armstrong Ray Roantree |
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Production
company |
A Bord Scannán na hÉireann / Irish Film Board Presentation A Fubar Film
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| Distributed by | Eclipse Pictures |
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Release date
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May 6, 2005 |
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Running time
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89 minutes |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
Trouble with Sex is a 2005 Irish drama film set in Dublin and co-written and directed by Fintan Connolly. It stars Aidan Gillen and Renée Weldon, who won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance.
Dublin. Michelle Kelly (Renée Weldon) is an ambitious, successful lawyer. Her relationship with her doctor boyfriend Ivan (Declan Conlon) is on the rocks. Her mother Rosie (Susan Fitzgerald) has succumbed to premature dementia and lives in a home. Michelle visits her regularly.
Conor Flynn (Aidan Gillen) manages a quiet, traditional pub in the city, owned by his father. Conor takes care of the Old Man (Eamon Morrissey), a hardened drinker (who is actually his father). He has no girlfriend and has withdrawn somewhat from life. Joe (Gerard Mannix Flynn), a barman who has been there since his father’s time works alongside him running the pub, Flynn’s.
After a furious row with Ivan at a party (sparked by Ivan's clear interested in the sexy Eva, played by Irina Björklund, who is apparently not the first of his "distractions", and ending with him basically dumping Michelle), a visibly upset Michelle bursts into Flynn’s pub after hours. Her friend Kathy (Sinead Keenan) comes to take her home but not before Conor’s interest is piqued. The morning after, a chastened and hungover Michelle returns to the pub to collect her phone. There is a definite spark of attraction between them. Michelle begins to frequent the pub.
They go dancing with Joe and Kathy. She invites them all back to her apartment. Conor and Michelle kiss for the first time but they are interrupted. Conor asks her out on a date. They return to the apartment, alone this time. They kiss but unexpectedly he leaves. Michelle is intrigued. She asks him to accompany her to a dinner with her colleagues. Conor invites them all back to a music session in the pub. Michelle gets up and belts out a song. They go back to her apartment where they have sex for the first time. They become lovers and have sex at every opportunity. Their affair intensifies.
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