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Director:
Martin McDonagh
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Starring:
Mark Donovan
Colin Farrell
Ralph Fiennes
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Synopsis:
Academy Award-winning writer/director Martin McDonagh
takes audiences on a killingly funny trip In Bruges, which is
world-premiering as the opening-night film of the 2008 Sundance Film
Festival.
Mr. McDonagh makes his feature directorial debut on the film, from his own
original screenplay. His plays (which include The Lieutenant of Inishmore
and The Pillowman) have brought him two Olivier Awards and four Tony Award
nominations. He wrote and directed Six Shooter, starring Brendan Gleeson,
which earned him the 2006 Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film.
In Bruges was filmed on location; Bruges (pronounced "broozh"), the most
well-preserved medieval city in the whole of Belgium, is a welcoming
destination for travellers from all over the world. But for hit men Ray
(Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson), it could be their final
destination; a difficult job has resulted in the pair being ordered right
before Christmas by their London boss Harry (two-time Academy Award nominee
Ralph Fiennes) to go and cool their heels in the storybook Flemish city for
a couple of weeks.
Very much out of place amidst the gothic architecture, canals, and cobbled
streets, the two hit men fill their days living the lives of tourists. Ray,
still haunted by the bloodshed in London, hates the place, while Ken, even
as he keeps a fatherly eye on Ray’s often profanely funny exploits, finds
his mind and soul being expanded by the beauty and serenity of the city.
But the longer they stay waiting for Harry's call, the more surreal their
experience becomes, as they find themselves in weird encounters with locals,
tourists, violent medieval art, a dwarf American actor (Jordan Prentice)
shooting a European art film, Dutch prostitutes, and a potential romance for
Ray in the form of Chloë (Clémence Poésy), who may have some dark secrets of
her own.
And when the call from Harry does finally come, Ken and Ray's vacation
becomes a life-and-death struggle of darkly comic proportions and
surprisingly emotional consequences.
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Rating:
R
Genre:
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Comedy
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