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Audiences rate it 45 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Pig and Runt born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by bloodline. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are one, needing no one else, inhabiting a delicate, insular and dangerous world where they make their own rules and have their own language. But days before their 17th birthday the balance of their world begins to shift. Pig's sexual awakening and jealousy begins to threaten their private universe.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Audiences rate it 45 points higher than critics do.
78 audience votes
Key crew
- Kirsten SheridanDirector
- Maurice SeezerOriginal Music Composer
- Gavin FridayOriginal Music Composer
- Enda WalshWriter
Cast
- Elaine CassidyRunt / Sinead
- Cillian MurphyPig / Darren
- Brían F. O'ByrneGerry
- Eleanor MethvenBernie
- Geraldine O'RaweEileen
- Darren HealyMarky
- Tara Lynne O'NeillMags
- Eoghan HarrisMr Keane
- Marie MullenMrs Monroe
- Michael RawleyFoxy
- Sarah Gallagher5 year old Runt
- Charles Bark5 year old Pig
Stills
Themes
woman directordisturbeddetachedaggressivedrearyintimateprovocativetensedepressingbitterdefiantpessimistic