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In Bruges
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*In Bruges* is a 2008 comedy crime drama film written and directed by Martin McDonagh. The English-language production stars Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, and Clémence Poésy. It was produced by Graham Broadbent and Peter Chernin, with cinematography by Eigil Bryld and music by Carter Burwell. The film originated in the United Kingdom and the United States, with production support from Focus Features and Film4 Productions.
Set during the Christmas and holiday season in Bruges, the movie has a runtime of 108 minutes. It received an R rating and was distributed via video on demand by Netflix and Fandango at Home. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Its tagline is "Shoot first. Sightsee later."
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Film · TMDB
7.5Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
Cast
- Colin Farrell as Ray
- Brendan Gleeson as Ken
- Ralph Fiennes as Harry
- Clémence Poésy as Chloë
- Thekla Reuten as Marie
- Jordan Prentice as Jimmy
Themes
- drug dealer
- hitman
- tourist
- dark comedy
- bruges, belgium
- church
- guilt
- death
- town square
- vietnamese
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Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
490,275 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 25 wins & 55 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Christmas film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Martin McDonagh
- Screenwriter
- Martin McDonagh
- Composer
- Carter Burwell
- Producer
- Peter Chernin
- Production company
- Film4 Productions
- Cinematographer
- Eigil Bryld
- Narrative location
- Bruges
- Filming location
- Bruges
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 838496
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.filminfocus.com/film/in_bruges
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- publication date
- 2008-03-07
- title
- In Bruges
- film editor
- Jon Gregory
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- review score
- 84%
- box office
- 15202263
- capital cost
- 15000000
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
In Bruges is a 2008 black comedy-drama crime thriller film directed and written by Martin McDonagh in his feature-length debut. It stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two London-based Irish hitmen hiding in Bruges, with Ralph Fiennes as their boss. The film is set and was filmed in Bruges, Belgium.
In Bruges premiered as the opening film of the Sundance Film Festival on 17 January 2008. Focus Features gave the film a limited release in the United States on 8 February 2008. In Bruges had its Irish premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival on 15 February 2008. Universal Pictures gave it a full release in Ireland on 7 March 2008, before it opened on 18 April 2008 in the United Kingdom. In Bruges earned $34.5 million at the box office against a production budget of $15 million.
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