Stranger[s’] Voices at Home. The Many Faces of Cillian Murphy as the Misfit
2017; Babeș-Bolyai University; Volume: 32; Linguagem: Inglês
10.24193/cechinox.2017.32.25
ISSN1582-960X
Autores Tópico(s)Irish and British Studies
ResumoIndependent Ireland, slowly shedding the "Church and State" image of perfect unity rooted in indigenous culture, seems to offer little hope for a sense of self-coherence to the Irish young man.Three instances of marginality as embodied by Cillian Murphy in Disco Pigs (2001), Intermission (2003), and Breakfast on Pluto (2005) examine and explore the unnecessary misadventures of youth dangerously veering towards an extra-systemic position.They are shaped by their erotic encounters that lay bare their raw, unhinged nature and desire to be acknowledged as different, yet human.Walking the line between comedy and drama, there is less genre-specific pressure to fit the narrative into certain patterns and more room to explore the clashing codes these peripheral characters work with, trying to make sense of their experience and their place in the world.
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