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Intermission

2003 · 105 min

A chaotic, darkly funny ride through interconnected lives, with sharp dialogue and sudden violence keeping you on edge.

Directed by: John Crowley
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Starring: Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney, Kelly Macdonald

Tagline: Life is what happens in between.
Overview: A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.

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Directed by: John Crowley
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Starring: Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney, Kelly Macdonald

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
betrayal
obsession
love
violence
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Horror	2
Humour	7
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy, crime, drama
Directed by: John Crowley
Written by: Mark O'Rowe
Starring: Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney, Kelly Macdonald, Cillian Murphy, Brían F. O'Byrne, Shirley Henderson, David Wilmot, Michael McElhatton
Music: John Murphy
Cinematography: Ryszard Lenczewski
Runtime: 105 min
Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages: English

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