History Film / DiscoPigs

Darren (Creator/CillianMurphy) and Sinéad (Elaine Cassidy)--known as "Pig" and "Runt", respectively--were born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are also partners in crime, with an appetite for recklessness, exploration and destruction. But days before their 17th birthday the perfect balance of their world begins to shift. Pig's sexual awakening and increasing jealousy begins to threaten the private universe they have spent their lives constructing. Unable to process the loss of Runt, Pig's unpredictable nature spirals out of control in a trail of violence. The invisible thread between them is stretched to breaking point, the inseparable are about to separate, and which one will survive depends on which one can break free.

%%ZCE * BittersweetEnding: Very, very bittersweet.

* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:When Runt smothers Pig, she is supposedly bringing peace to both of them.]]
%%ZCE * EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Pig notices how beautiful he thinks Runt is.

%%ZCE * GreenEyedMonster: Pig.
%%ZCE * GrievousBottleyHarm: More than once.
%%ZCE * ImpaledPalm: Back of the hand, actually, through the palm and with a fork.

%%ZCE * RageAgainstTheReflection: Pig in The Palace.
%%ZCE * RoaringRampageOfRescue: Pig does this in a seemingly dazed manner.

%%ZCE * TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler:When Runt finally shows Pig affection.]]
%%ZCE * ThinkingOutLoud: Pig does this multiple times.
%%ZCE * UseYourHead: Pig does this.

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Darren (Creator/CillianMurphy) and Sinéad (Elaine Cassidy) -- known as "Pig" and "Runt", respectively -- were born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are also partners in crime, with an appetite for recklessness, exploration and destruction. But days before their 17th birthday the perfect balance of their world begins to shift. Pig's sexual awakening and increasing jealousy begins to threaten the private universe they have spent their lives constructing. Unable to process the loss of Runt, Pig's unpredictable nature spirals out of control in a trail of violence. The invisible thread between them is stretched to breaking point, the inseparable are about to separate, and which one will survive depends on which one can break free.

!!Tropes featured in this work:
* BerserkButton: Subverted. Pig and Runt are trouble-makers from the start, but [[spoiler:Pig gets worse and more violent after he start becoming insanely jealous of Runt. It gets to the point of Pig killing a guy because he was dancing with her.]]
%%* BittersweetEnding: Very, very bittersweet.
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: [[spoiler:Pig tells Runt to kill him so that Runt can live her life freely because Pig's violence and obsession has gotten out of control.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Pig notices how beautiful he thinks Runt is.

%%* GreenEyedMonster: Pig.
%%* GrievousBottleyHarm: More than once.
* ImpaledPalm: Back of the hand, actually, through the palm and with a fork.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:It's Pig's idea for Runt to smother him because he knows it would be better for her.]]

%%* RageAgainstTheReflection: Pig in The Palace.
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: Pig does this in a seemingly dazed manner.
* SignificantBirthDate: The whole plot of the movie is based around two people who were born on the same day, in the same hospital, and grew up next door together, so their birthday is significant.
** Also the story takes place before and on their 17th birthday.

* TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler:When Runt finally shows Pig affection.]]
%%* ThinkingOutLoud: Pig does this multiple times.
%%* UseYourHead: Pig does this.
* {{Yandere}}: Pig is a male version. He is obsessively in love with his childhood friend Runt and absolutely cannot deal with the thought of losing her.

A 2001 Irish drama directed by Kristen Sheridan, adapted from the 1996 play of the same name by Edna Walsh.

Darren (Creator/CillianMurphy) and Sinéad (Elaine Cassidy) -- known as "Pig" and "Runt", respectively -- were born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are also partners in crime, with an appetite for recklessness, exploration and destruction. But days before their 17th birthday the perfect balance of their world begins to shift. Pig's sexual awakening and increasing jealousy begins to threaten the private universe they have spent their lives constructing. Unable to contemplate the loss of Runt, Pig's unpredictable nature spirals out of control in a trail of violence. The invisible thread between them is stretched to breaking point, the inseparable are about to separate, and which one will survive depends on which one can break free.

* BerserkButton - Subverted. Pig and Runt are trouble-makers from the start, but [[spoiler:Pig gets worse and more violent after he start becoming insanely jealous of Runt. It gets to the point of Pig killing a guy because he was dancing with her.]]
%%* BittersweetEnding - Very, very bittersweet.
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer - [[spoiler:Pig tells Runt to kill him so that Runt can live her life because Pig's violence and obsession has gotten out of control.]]
* CharacterDevelopment - [[spoiler:Pig]] seems sweet at first, but [[spoiler: becomes the antagonist to Runt because of his overwhelming obsession with her, but he does it out of love.]]
%%* CrazyJealousGuy - Pig.
%%* CreepyBlueEyes - Creator/CillianMurphy who plays Pig.
* CruelToBeKind - [[spoiler:When Runt smothers Pig, she is supposedly bringing peace to both of them.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment - When Pig notices how beautiful he thinks Runt is.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep - There's a moment when a minor character calls Runt and Pig by their real names (Darren and Sinead), but everyone calls them by their nicknames.
* FanService - Creator/CillianMurphy appears shirtless a few times. However, [[spoiler:he is delivering a weird sexual monologue in one shirtless scene, and he is "murdered" by Runt in another.]]
%%* GreenEyedMonster - Pig.
%%* GrievousBottleyHarm - More than once.
* ImpaledPalm - Back of the hand, actually, through the palm and with a fork.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy - [[spoiler:It was Pig's idea for Runt to smother him because he knows it would be better for her.]]
* MindlinkMates - Pig and Runt are close to telepathic.
* TheNarrator - Runt is really the narrator, but Pig also tells a story to an old man on the bus, which makes him sound like he is narrating part of the story.
%%* RageAgainstTheReflection - Pig in The Palace.
* RoaringRampageOfRescue - Pig does this in a seemingly dazed manner.
* SignificantBirthDate - The whole plot of the movie is based around two people who were born on the same day, in the same hospital, and grew up next door together, so their birthday is significant.

* StalkerWithACrush - Pig. Not really a "stalker," per se, since Pig and Runt are best friends, but it is close.
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker - Pig and Runt have their own dialect.
* TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther - [[spoiler:When Runt finally shows Pig affection.]]
%%* ThinkingOutLoud - Pig does this multiple times.
%%* UseYourHead - Pig does this.
%%* YanDere - Pig.

Darren (Cillian Murphy) and Sinéad (Elaine Cassidy) -- known as "Pig" and "Runt", respectively -- were born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are also partners in crime, with an appetite for recklessness, exploration and destruction. But days before their 17th birthday the perfect balance of their world begins to shift. Pig's sexual awakening and increasing jealousy begins to threaten the private universe they have spent their lives constructing. Unable to contemplate the loss of Runt, Pig's unpredictable nature spirals out of control in a trail of violence. The invisible thread between them is stretched to breaking point, the inseparable are about to separate, and which one will survive depends on which one can break free.

Pig and Runt - born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are also partners in crime, with an appetite for recklessness, exploration and destruction. But days before their 17th birthday the perfect balance of their world begins to shift. Pig's sexual awakening and increasing jealousy begins to threaten the private universe they have spent their lives constructing. Unable to contemplate the loss of Runt, Pig's unpredictable nature spirals out of control in a trail of violence. The invisible thread between them is stretched to breaking point, the inseparable are about to separate, and which one will survive depends on which one can break free.

* SignificantBirthDate - The whole plot of the movie is based around two people who were born on the same day, in the same hotel, and grew up next door together, so their birthday is significant.

* BittersweetEnding - Very, very bittersweet.

* CrazyJealousGuy - Pig.
* CreepyBlueEyes - Creator/CillianMurphy who plays Pig.

* GreenEyedMonster - Pig.
* GrievousBottleyHarm - More than once.

* RageAgainstTheReflection - Pig in The Palace.

* ThinkingOutLoud - Pig does this multiple times.
* UseYourHead - Pig does this.
* YanDere - Pig.

* [[spoiler:BreakHerHeartToSaveHer]] - [[spoiler:Pig tells Runt to kill him so that Runt can live her life because Pig's violence and obsession has gotten out of control.]]

* [[spoiler:TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther]] - [[spoiler:When Runt finally shows Pig affection.]]

* CreepyBlueEyes - CillianMurphy who plays Pig.

* FanService - CillianMurphy appears shirtless a few times. However, [[spoiler:he is delivering a weird sexual monologue in one shirtless scene, and he is "murdered" by Runt in another.]]

* CharacterDevelopment - [[spoiler:Pig]] seems sweet at first, but [[spoiler: becomes the antagonist to Runt because of his overwhelming obsession with her.]]

* [[spoiler:TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther]] - [[spoiler:When Runt finally shows Pig affection.]]* ThinkingOutLoud - Pig does this multiple times.

* [[spoiler:TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther]] - [[spoiler:When Runt finally shows Pig affection.]]

* ThinkingOutLoud - Pig does this multiple times.

* Narrator - Subverted. Runt is really the narrator, but Pig also tells a story to an old man on the bus, which makes him sound like he is narrating part of the story.

* StalkerWithACrush - Pig is one.

* UseYourHead - Pig does this.