
Careful What You Wish For(2015)
A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.


“Love is a dangerous game”
In Dublin, two couples (Jim and Danielle; Yvonne and Chris) are seemingly living in marital bliss. However, when Chris's behaviour begins to change, Yvonne seeks solace in the arms of Jim, and before long they are in the midst of an affair. When a life-changing secret is later revealed, all four are forced to re-evaluate their lives, their marriages, and their friendships - but can anything be salvaged from the wreckage?

Cillian Murphy
Jim

Eva Birthistle
Danielle

Catherine Walker
Yvonne

Andrew Scott
Chris

Lara McDonnell
Alannah

Lydia McGuinness
Orla

Joanne Crawford
Joan

Eva-Jane Gaffney
Ellen

Fionn Walton
Younger Man

Ingrid Craigie
Ms Hynes
The Delinquent Season is a drama, romance film released in 2018 exploring themes of infidelity, marriage, dublin, ireland, deception. Directed by Mark O'Rowe, it stars Cillian Murphy, Eva Birthistle, Catherine Walker. In Dublin, two couples (Jim and Danielle; Yvonne and Chris) are seemingly living in marital bliss. However, when Chris's behaviour begins to change, Yvonne seeks solace in the arms of Jim, and before long they are in the midst of an affair. When a life-changing secret is later revealed, all four are forced to re-evaluate their lives, their marriages, and their friendships - but can anything be salvaged from the wreckage?
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