Project Detail

Intermission

Synopsis

A couple break up briefly (the intermission of the title), sending ripples through the lives of everyone around them. Ripples that become shockwaves as a film-maker teams up with a cop for a journey into violence: a jilted wife plots revenge on her husband; three men team up for a daring kidnap-robbery. These and other stories collide, dovetail and climax in extreme ways, pushing the couple toward a reunion which in turn restores a kind of order.

Details

Year
2003
Type of film
Features
Running time
105 mins
Format
35mm
Director
John Crowley 1st Feature
Producer
Film Council, Irish Film Board
Executive Producer
Film Council, Irish Film Board
Editor
Lucia Zuchetti
Screenwriter
Mark O’ Rowe
Director of Photography
Ryszard Lenckzewski
Sound
Brendan Deasy
Principal cast
Colin Farrell, Kelly MacDonald, Cillian Murphy, Shirley Henderson, Colm Meaney

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Production Status

Production Company

Brown Sauce Film Productions

14/15 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
Dublin, Ireland

T+3531 671 8555

pfpa@iol.ie

Sales Company

Portman Film

21-25 St Anne’s Court
London W1F 0BJ
UK

T+44 (0)20 7494 8024

sales@portmanfilm.com

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