John Crowley's black-comedy (and directorial debut) is set in the suburbs of Dublin & centres around a group of characters all interlinked by a chain of events. A trial break-up between John (Cillian Murphy) & Deirdre (Kelly Macdonald) sees Deirdre taking up with bank manager Sam (Michael Mc Elhatton). John's friend
- & small-time crook
- Lehiff (Colin Farrell) encourages John to help set Sam up, by robbing the bank's vaults. Lehiff, meanwhile, is being tailed by Jerry (Colm Meaney), a Dublin cop who is himself being followed by a TV news-crew...