#Intermission series#

Unfortunately, Lynch miscalculates Lehiff gets the upper hand and threatens to kill him. He decides to take him on, while Ben films everything. Philip sits on the bonnet and jumps off, letting the car drop into the canal.ĭetective Lynch chases and corners Lehiff in an open field. After chasing Philip in his car, he loses control and is left balancing over the canal. Later, Mick loses his job after being wrongfully blamed for the crash he becomes obsessed with taking revenge on the boy who caused it. Just as the plan seems to be working out, everything goes wrong, as Sam is assaulted by his enraged wife Noeleen on the street and the Gardaí are forced to intervene. They force Sam to go to his bank to get money for a ransom.

They kidnap Sam and hold Deirdre captive. Mick, having become suspended from his job and low on funds, comes up with a scheme involving Lehiff and John. John is utterly lost without Deirdre and is determined to win her back. She grows bitter when Deirdre flaunts her new boyfriend, Sam ( Michael McElhatton), a middle-aged bank manager who has left his wife of fourteen years, Noeleen, leaving her to question her own self-worth as a woman and wife.

Ben is told to focus his attention on Sally, Deirdre's sister, who helped the passengers after the crash. As the bus journey continues, Philip, a young boy, throws a rock at his bus, resulting in a bad crash, the aftermath of which Ben winds up shooting. Deeply insecure about her looks, she asks Mick about some hair on her lip, and he mocks her playfully. While on his route, Sally ( Shirley Henderson) boards.

#Intermission series#

He enlists the help of Ben Campion ( Tomás Ó Súilleabháin), an ambitious film-maker and the bane of his 'go-softer' boss, who considers Lynch too nasty a subject to be shown on a mainstream 'docusoap' series on Irish television. Lehiff's nemesis, Garda Detective Jerry Lynch ( Colm Meaney), presents himself as a saviour whose main mission is to fight the 'scumbags' on Dublin's streets. It is quickly revealed that Lehiff is a petty criminal and always involved in trouble. The film will revolve around their extended friends. It quickly moves to John ( Cillian Murphy) and Deirdre ( Kelly Macdonald), a recently-separated young couple. After flirting with the girl, punches her in the face and steals from the till. The film opens with Lehiff ( Colin Farrell) charming a cashier. It also featured the Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald who had appeared in Trainspotting. It features several of Ireland's best-known actors, including Cillian Murphy, Colm Meaney and Colin Farrell, all of whom have featured in internationally successful films such as 28 Days Later (Murphy), The Commitments (Meaney) and Minority Report (Farrell). The film, set in Dublin, Ireland, contains many interconnected storylines, and is shot in a documentary-like style, with some sections presented as excerpts from television programs that exist within the show (one of the storylines follows a television documentary director). Intermission is a 2003 Irish black comedy crime film directed by John Crowley and written by Mark O'Rowe.