The Delinquent Season

11/9/20181h 43m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ Love is a dangerous game ~

Overview:

In Dublin, two couples (Jim and Danielle; Yvonne and Chris) are seemingly living in marital bliss. However, when Chris's behaviour begins to change, Yvonne seeks solace in the arms of Jim, and before long they are in the midst of an affair. When a life-changing secret is later revealed, all four are forced to re-evaluate their lives, their marriages, and their friendships - but can anything be salvaged from the wreckage?

Director:

Mark O'Rowe

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$39,194.00

Key words:

infidelity
marriage
dublin, ireland
deception

Cast

Cillian Murphy

~ as ~

Jim

Eva Birthistle

~ as ~

Danielle

Catherine Walker

~ as ~

Yvonne

Andrew Scott

~ as ~

Chris

Lara McDonnell

~ as ~

Alannah

Lydia McGuinness

~ as ~

Orla

Joanne Crawford

~ as ~

Joan

Eva-Jane Gaffney

~ as ~

Ellen

Fionn Walton

~ as ~

Younger Man

Ingrid Craigie

~ as ~

Ms Hynes

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Reviews (1)

Stephen Campbell
Written 6 year(s) ago
7
A fine film that could easily have been better

Wouldn't it be nice if we got to the point where we could accept that women need variety, adventure, and novelty at least as much if not more than men do? Bad science got us to this point of believing that randiness and thirst for sexual adventure is uniquely, naturally male.
- Wednesday Martin; "'Nearly everything we believe about women and lust and infidelity is untrue'" (Suzanne Harrington); Irish Examiner (October 29, 2018)
The Delinquent Season tells the story of two married couples living in Dublin; Jim (Cillian Murphy) and Danielle (Eva Birthistle), and Chris (Andrew Scott) and Yvonne (Catherine Walker). As the foursome are having dinner one evening, an argument breaks out between Chris and Yvonne, with Chris behaving in a worryingly irrational manner. A few days later, Chris confides in Jim as to why he's been having mood swings of late, swearing Jim to secrecy. Over the next few weeks, as Chris's mood swings become physically aggressive, Yvonne turns to Jim for support, and soon, they are in the midst of an affair. Jim, however, continues to keep Chris's secret.

The film treats well the topic of middle-class malaise and ennui, deftly shifting the audience's sympathy multiple times throughout. However, in his feature directorial debut, Mark O'Rowe (best known as the writer of John Crowley's Intermission and Rufus Norris's Broken) misses a great opportunity for a really powerful dénouement, letting the narrative drag on for 10 minutes or so too long. Still though, it's well acted, and extremely realistic, attaining an almost documentarian objectivity at times. Well worth checking out.