Project Detail

In Bruges

Jaap Buitendijk

Synopsis

Two hitmen, the younger, Ray, the older, Ken, are sent to hide out in the strange Gothic, medieval town of Bruges, Belgium, after a hit they were involved with in London went wrong; hired to execute a Catholic priest, Ray also accidentally killed a seven-year-old boy outside a confessional.
While awaiting instructions from their boss, the volatile Harry Waters, who ordered the priest's killing for reasons only he knows, Ray attempts to deal with his darkness and despair over the death of the boy in this town that he can't bear, while Ken, who adores the place, tries to help his friend the best he can.

Ray meets a beautiful girl. Things start looking up. Ken gets the order from Harry to execute Ray. Things start looking down.

Romance and violence ensues. Honour and dramatic reversals abound. There will be dwarves and there will be drugs, and the dark, cobbled streets of this oddball town will be riven with blood and the retort of gunfire and the sickening screams of the guilty and the innocent. Few will get out of Bruges alive.

Details

Year: 2008
Type of film: Features
Running time: tbc
Format: 35mm
Director: Martin McDonagh 1st Feature
Producer: Tessa Ross, Jeff Abberley, Julia Blackman
Editor: Jon Gregory
Screenwriter: Martin McDonagh
Director of Photography: Eigil Bryld
Production Designer: Michael Carlin
Sound: Alistair Crocker
Principal cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes

Genre

Action Northern Irish Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Blueprint Pictures

45 - 43 Charlotte Street
London W1T 1RS
UK

T + 44 (0)20 7580 6915

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Sales Company

Focus Features

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London W1D 1BS
UK

T +44 (0)20 7307 1300

www.focusfeatures.com

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