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Disco Pigs (2001)

Disco Pigs poster
Directed by
Kirsten Sheridan
Genre
drama film, teen film
Country
Ireland
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 75 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two inseparable teenagers in Cork share a private language and a destructive bond as they turn 17. Their intense friendship begins to fracture as they push against the boundaries of the adult world.

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What happens

Disco Pigs is a 2001 Irish coming of age romantic crime film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Enda Walsh, who adapted it from his 1996 play of the same name. Cillian Murphy and Elaine Cassidy star as two young people from Cork who have a lifelong, but unhealthy, friendship that is imploding as they approach adult life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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