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Intermission

By Jurgen Fauth & Marcy Dermansky, About.com

Collin Farrell

Collin Farrell in a scene from "Intermission"

Starring:

Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Kelly MacDonald, Shirley Henderson, Colm Meaney, Rory Keenan.

Director:

John Crowley.

Release Date:

March 19th, 2004 (LA/NY).

MPAA Rating:

R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence.

Distributor:

IFC Films.

Nation of Origin:

Ireland.

Description:

This ensemble comedy of 11 interwoven stories set in Dublin shows how the breakup of one relationship has repurcussions on the lives of the people around them. One of those people is Lehiff (Farrell), a thief trying to set his life straight by pulling off one last big heist before retiring, while Detective John Lynch (Colm Meaney) is trying to bring Lehiff down. There's also John (Murphy), who quits his job at a supermarket to join Lehiff in his plot as an effort to win back the love of Deirdre (MacDonald), who has recently moved in with a married bank manager, Sam (McElhatton), whose bank Lehiff is targeting, and whose wife, Noeleen (O'Kane) ends up being a crucial element in the heist.

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