THE CRYING GAME
by Neil Jordan
synopsis
An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus (Stephen Rea), an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody (Forest Whitaker), a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by Jude (Miranda Richardson), another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody's lover, a hairdresser named Dil (Jaye Davidson). Fergus adopts the name "Jimmy" and gets a job as a day laborer. He also starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' IRA background. But there is something about Dil that Fergus doesn't know, either.
original title: | The Crying Game |
country: | United Kingdom, United States, Japan |
year: | 1992 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Neil Jordan |
film run: | 112' |
release date: | IT 02/09/1992, UK 30/10/1992, IE 13/11/1992, SE 11/1992, DE 10/12/1992, FR 20/01/1993, NL 11/03/1993, TR 12/03/1993, DK 26/03/1993, ES 26/03/1993, FI 26/03/1993, GR 26/03/1993, PT 26/03/1993, HU 10/09/1993, PL 28/01/1994, EE 24/11/2006 |
screenplay: | Neil Jordan |
cast: | Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker |
cinematography by: | Ian Wilson |
film editing: | Kant Pan |
art director: | Jim Clay |
costumes designer: | Sandy Powell |
producer: | Stephen Woolley |
co-producer: | Elizabeth Karlsen |
executive producer: | Nik Powell |
associate producer: | Paul Cowan, Rainer Grupe |