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Intermission (2003)

Intermission poster
Directed by
John Crowley
Genre
comedy film, drama film
Country
United Kingdom, Ireland
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 171 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In modern Dublin, a group of characters find their lives crossing in unexpected ways. A desperate man plans a robbery, a detective pursues a criminal, and a TV crew documents the chaos.

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What happens

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, contains many interconnected storylines, and is shot in a documentary-like style, with some sections presented as excerpts from television programs that exist within the show (one of the storylines follows a television documentary director). It features several of Ireland's best-known actors, including Cillian Murphy, Colm Meaney and Colin Farrell, all of whom have featured in internationally successful films such as Oppenheimer (Murphy), The Commitments (Meaney) and Minority Report (Farrell). It also featured the Scottish actresses Kelly Macdonald and Shirley Henderson, who had both appeared in Trainspotting. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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