The Delinquent Season

"Love is a dangerous game"

2018 1h 43m EN

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6.2

MID

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64%

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6.4

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 57🍅64%Rotten Tomatoes★6.4IMDB · 2,788

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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In Dublin, two couples (Jim and Danielle; Yvonne and Chris) are seemingly living in marital bliss. However, when Chris's behaviour begins to change, Yvonne seeks solace in the arms of Jim, and before long they are in the midst of an affair. When a life-changing secret is later revealed, all four are forced to re-evaluate their lives, their marriages, and their friendships - but can anything be salvaged from the wreckage?

“Love is a dangerous game”

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Cast

Cillian Murphy
Jim
Eva Birthistle
Danielle
Catherine Walker
Yvonne
Andrew Scott
Chris
Lara McDonnell
Alannah
Lydia McGuinness
Orla
Joanne Crawford
Joan
Eva-Jane Gaffney
Ellen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mark O'Rowe
Writers: Mark O'Rowe
Languages: English
Countries: Ireland

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mark O'Rowe, shot by Richard Kendrick. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Eoin McGuirk shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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4 / 7

CAST

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Cillian Murphy and Eva Birthistle and Catherine Walker carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Love is a dangerous game".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6164762 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Mark O'Rowe directs. Richard Kendrick behind the camera. Eoin McGuirk cuts. Produced in Ireland. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 8 years ago.
2Directed by Mark O'Rowe, shot by Richard Kendrick. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Eoin McGuirk shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Cillian Murphy and Eva Birthistle and Catherine Walker carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "Love is a dangerous game".
6IMDB entry: tt6164762 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Richard Kendrick
Editing: Eoin McGuirk
Production design: Ray Ball
Costume design: Joan O'Cleary
Makeup / hair: Martina McCarthy
Sound: Ken Galvin
Runtime: 103 min · 1h 43m
Status: Released
Box office: $39,194
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Delinquent Season (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes: 64% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 2,788 votes
MPAA: R

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Stephen Campbell2019-04-08
★ 7/10
A fine film that could easily have been better Wouldn't it be nice if we got to the point where we could accept that women need variety, adventure, and novelty at least as much if not more than men do? Bad science got us to this point of believing that randiness and thirst for sexual adventure is uniquely, naturally male. - Wednesday Martin; "'Nearly everything we believe about women and lust and infidelity is untrue'" (Suzanne Harrington); Irish Examiner (October 29, 2018) The Delinquent Season tells the story of two married couples living in Dublin; Jim (Cillian Murphy) and Danielle (Eva Birthistle), and Chris (Andrew Scott) and Yvonne (Catherine Walker). As the foursome are having dinner one evening, an argument breaks out between Chris and Yvonne, with Chris behaving in a worryingly irrational manner. A few days later, Chris confides in Jim as to why he's been having mood swings of late, swearing Jim to secrecy. Over the next few weeks, as Chris's mood swings become physically aggressive, Yvonne turns to Jim for support, and soon, they are in the midst of an affair. Jim, however, continues to keep Chris's secret. The film treats well the topic of middle-class malaise and ennui, deftly shifting the audience's sympathy multiple times throughout. However, in his feature directorial debut, Mark O'Rowe (best known as the writer of John Crowley's Intermission and Rufus Norris's Broken) misses a great opportunity for a really powerful dénouement, letting the narrative drag on for 10 minutes or so too long. Still though, it's well acted, and extremely realistic, attaining an almost documentarian objectivity at times. Well worth checking out.

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