Completed - ENGLISH - Comedy, Thriller - 110 minutes
Dan Starkey is a journalist for a Belfast newspaper. His life spins out of control when Margaret, a girl who has recently entered his life, is murdered.
Year of production : 1998 Director(s) : David CAFFREY Cast : David THEWLIS, Jason ISAACS, Laura FRASER, Rachel GRIFFITHS, Robert LINDSAY Producer(s) : Robert COOPER
This violent, zany and blackly comic thriller, adapted from Colin Bateman's widely acclaimed novel, is set against the background of contemporary Northern Ireland, besieged by chaos, violence and unrest. Dan Starkey is a hard-drinking satirical journalist with the Belfast Evening News. When Starkey is caught by his wife Patricia in the arms of Margaret (the daughter of Prime Ministerial candidate Michael Brinn's right hand man) the politics begin to get heated. His life spins out of control when Margaret is murdered. But why? By whom? All Starkey has to go on are her last words: "Divorce Jack".
Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM