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Disco Pigs (2001)
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
Cast: Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Brían F. O'Byrne, Eleanor Methven
6.5
20%Runtime93 min
Rating15
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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.
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Fans of unconventional, character-driven dramas will appreciate the raw, intense performances from Cillian Murphy and Elaine Cassidy in this 2001 film directed by Kirsten Sheridan. The film's unique exploration of the insular, dangerous world of two friends who are deeply co-dependent makes for a powerful and unsettling viewing experience.
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Disco Pigs is a 2001 Irish coming of age romantic crime film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Enda Walsh, who adapted it from his 1996 play of the same name. Cillian Murphy and Elaine Cassidy star as two young people from Cork who have a lifelong, but unhealthy, friendship that is imploding as they approach adult life.
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