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Director
Ian Fitzgibbon
Credits
Producers: Elizabeth Karlsen, Alan Maloney, Stephen Woolley. Writer: Mark O'Rowe
Principal Cast
Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Jodie Whitaker, Jim Broadbent, Michael McElhatton, Liam Cunningham, Gabriel Byrne
Category
Feature
A fast-talking crime caper, Perrier’s Bounty finds Dublin layabout Michael (Cillian Murphy) in a race against time when local gangster Perrier (Brendan Gleeson) demands he pay back a debt or suffer the consequences. Searching Dublin for a loan with the help of his dying father (Jim Broadbent) and lovelorn friend Brenda (Jodie Whittaker), the trio find themselves on the run when Brenda shoots one of the gangsters threatening Michael. In hiding, they make an enemy of a loan shark and allies of a pair of dog-handlers before a final, Western-style showdown between Michael and Perrier leaves a hefty body count to be picked over. Taking a humorous attitude towards often savage violence, Perrier’s Bounty’s relentlessly pacey plot never gives up in delivering bloodshed and verbal creativity, with a screenplay that gives the cast plenty of opportunities for quips, philosophical rambling, and foul language.
88 minutes, Ireland/UK, 2009, Colour
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT 11:00, 14:20
ANORA 20:30
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: KEEP THE FAITH (DOUBLE BILL) 13:00
CONCLAVE 15:30, 18:00
HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR 11:00, 16:40
IFI KINOPOLIS: PEOPLE + INTRODUCTION 15.00
IFI KINOPOLIS: SPARROW + Q&A 20.30
IFI KINOPOLIS: WHITE COURAGE + Q&A 17.30
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL 12:50, 18:30
RUMOURS 13:15, 20:40
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