I like timelord-3s comments, which pretty much sum up what I would have said. However, as someone who is now a senior citizen, I was extremely grateful for the subtitles and wish all movies came with them. I have seen Disco Pigs twice now. The first time, I basically dismissed it as one of Cillian's early ventures before he fully developed his craft. How wrong I was to think so. He is masterful, especially when one considers the language between the two. Runt is definitely more able to relate to the ever-intruding world but Pig is not. Runt is his whole world and he does not manage well without her. After my second viewing, it reminds me a bit of the shy and innocent couple in Mozart and the Whale, if one of them had gone mad. I must have forgotten the ending because on second viewing, I was crying at the tragic choice Pig made, as if some clarity had grasped him for a moment over the severity of things he had done.
This is a heart-breaking film and I am so grateful I gave it a second viewing. I had never seen the actress who played Runt before, but Cillian was familiar to me from The Wind that Shakes the Barley (brilliant) and of course, Peaky Blinders. He is one of the most versatile and amazing actors I have ever seen. I felt that way after seeing The Wind that Shakes the Barley for the first time and my second viewing of Disco Pigs has just brought me to the full extent of his genius, no matter the role. He seems to choose works that really grab you and make you think, and he succeeds. My only regret is that I am unlikely to ever be able to see him perform this role live as I live in the US.
If you do not like it on one viewing, but like him, come back later and give it another chance. Well worth it. I came away with questions as to the "why" of the way they are. Are they on the Autism spectrum, or have they just been so close for so long that they need no one else? Definitely an art-type film that may not appeal on first viewing, not even for devoted Cillian fans.
This is a heart-breaking film and I am so grateful I gave it a second viewing. I had never seen the actress who played Runt before, but Cillian was familiar to me from The Wind that Shakes the Barley (brilliant) and of course, Peaky Blinders. He is one of the most versatile and amazing actors I have ever seen. I felt that way after seeing The Wind that Shakes the Barley for the first time and my second viewing of Disco Pigs has just brought me to the full extent of his genius, no matter the role. He seems to choose works that really grab you and make you think, and he succeeds. My only regret is that I am unlikely to ever be able to see him perform this role live as I live in the US.
If you do not like it on one viewing, but like him, come back later and give it another chance. Well worth it. I came away with questions as to the "why" of the way they are. Are they on the Autism spectrum, or have they just been so close for so long that they need no one else? Definitely an art-type film that may not appeal on first viewing, not even for devoted Cillian fans.