Adam and Paul are two young junkies living in Dublin and perpetually on the lookout for their next fix. During their search, they encounter various unsavoury characters and make some futile attempts at petty theft. As their day progresses, Adam and Paul get into a good share of trouble as they do whatever they can to score heroin, eventually running afoul of an imposing thug—who only drags them into more shady activities.
Acting
Murphy and O'Halloran's devastatingly naturalistic desperation.
Direction
Abrahamson finds poetry in Dublin's concrete wastelands.
Writing
Dialogue so specific it feels illegally obtained from real junkies.
Director
Lenny Abrahamson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mark O'Halloran co-wrote the screenplay and allegedly based some dialogue on conversations overheard in Dublin hostels.
This was Lenny Abrahamson's feature debut — he later directed Room and Normal People, making this the grimy origin story of an Oscar nominee.
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