Cillian Murphy

  • John Carney – On the Edge (2001)

    2001-2010DramaIrelandJohn Carney

    After the death of his alcoholic father, Jonathan Breech steals his father’s ashes from his brother’s house. He drives a stolen car off a cliff in order to commit suicide but he survives. After this, he accepts an alternative sentence of three months in therapy in a psychiatric hospital. There, he joins a suicide group under the supervision of Dr. Figure. He befriends a disturbed Rachel Row (who saw her mother dying in an accident) and Toby (who accidentally killed his brother in a car crash). During the treatment, the sarcastic Jonathan changes his behavior and sees the importance of being alive.Read More »

  • Neil Jordan – Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

    2001-2010DramaIrelandNeil JordanQueer Cinema(s)

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    In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick “Kitten” Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town’s understanding.Read More »

  • Tim Mielants – Small Things Like These (2024)

    2021-2030DramaIrelandTim Mielants

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    Bill Furlong toils as a coal merchant to support himself, his wife and his five daughters. Early one morning while out delivering coal at the local convent, he makes a discovery that forces him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a town controlled by the Catholic Church.Read More »

  • Claudia Llosa – Aloft (2014)

    2011-2020Claudia LlosaDramaSpain

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    As we follow a mother (Jennifer Connelly) and her son (Cillian Murphy), we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own as a peculiar falconer who bears the marks of a double absence. In the present, a young journalist (Mélanie Laurent) will bring about an encounter between the two that puts the very meaning of life and art into question, so that we may contemplate the possibility of living life to its fullest, despite the uncertainties littering our paths.Read More »

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