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Intermission

Intermission

Life is what happens in between.

20036.21h 45m

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.

Directed by John Crowley
Written by Mark O'Rowe
Produced by Stephen Woolley, Alan Moloney, Neil Jordan
Box OfficeBudget: $5.0MRevenue: $4.9M

Top Cast

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell

Lehiff

Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

Jerry Lynch

Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald

Deirdre

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

John

Brían F. O'Byrne

Brían F. O'Byrne

Mick

Shirley Henderson

Shirley Henderson

Sally

David Wilmot

David Wilmot

Oscar

Michael McElhatton

Michael McElhatton

Sam

Deirdre O'Kane

Deirdre O'Kane

Noeleen

Ger Ryan

Ger Ryan

Maura

About Intermission

Intermission is a comedy, crime, drama film released in 2003. Directed by John Crowley, it stars Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney, Kelly Macdonald. 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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