Disco Pigs

Disco Pigs

93 mins | Drama | Oct. 5, 2001

Pig and Runt born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by bloodline. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are one, needing no one else, inhabiting a delicate, insular and dangerous world where they make their own rules and have their own language. But days before their 17th birthday the balance of their world begins to shift. Pig's sexual awakening and jealousy begins to threaten their private universe.

Disco Pigs

93 mins | Drama | Oct. 5, 2001

Disco Pigs
Pig and Runt born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by bloodline. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are one, needing no one else, inhabiting a delicate, insular and dangerous world where they make their own rules and have their own language. But days before their 17th birthday the balance of their world begins to shift. Pig's sexual awakening and jealousy begins to threaten their private universe.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Screen Ireland, Temple Film & TV Productions Ltd.
Original title Disco Pigs
Directors Luke Johnston, Kirsten Sheridan
Writers Enda Walsh

Cast

Elaine Cassidy

as Runt / Sinead

Cillian Murphy

as Pig / Darren

Eleanor Methven

as Bernie

Geraldine O'Rawe

as Eileen

Darren Healy

as Marky

Eoghan Harris

as Mr Keane

Marie Mullen

as Mrs Monroe

Michael Rawley

as Foxy

Sarah Gallagher

as 5 year old Runt

Charles Bark

as 5 year old Pig

Derry Power

as Old Man on Bus

Mark Doherty

as Salesman

Dawn Bradfield

as Counsellor

Morna Regan

as English Teacher

Aoife Lowry

as Bitch

Gavin Friday

as Paschal Stankard

Eva Barrett

as Dee

Mark Dunne

as Bad Dancer

Simon Delaney

as Ticket Cashier

Aidan Kelly

as Young Beer Drinker

Graham Roe

as Singer

Jer O'Leary

as Singer 2

Dermot Whelan

as Bad Dancer 2

Sarah O'Toole

as Marky's Girlfriend

Zoe Gibney

as Pretty Disco Dancer

Enda Walsh

as Hitchhiker

Katie Kearns

as Baby Runt

Jack Madden

as Baby Pig

Sadhbh Cosgrove

as Baby in Station

Niamh Cosgrove

as Mother in Station