On the Edge (film)
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On the Edge is an Irish film released in 2001. It was directed by John Carney and starred Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Jonathan Jackson and Stephen Rea. It focuses on a group of suicidal patients who discover their true selves while receiving therapy in a treatment centre.
[edit] Synopsis
Within a space of twenty-four hours, Jonathan Breech (Murphy) attends his father's funeral, gets high, robs a car, picks up someone else's girlfriend, dumps her on a roadside and then drives himself off the side of a cliff. Surviving with nothing more than a broken finger, he is faced with either a spell in prison or a stay in a psychiatric hospital. Donning blinkers and pyjamas, he puts himself into the care of Dr Figure (Rea), making it clear he's there for a holiday and not an evaluation. But as Jonathan reluctantly agrees to attend Dr Figure's therapy sessions, and comes into contact with fellow patients Rachel (Vessey) and Toby (Jackson), he begins to rethink his attitude to life.
[edit] Trivia
- Jonathan Jackson, who is an American, put on a Belfast accent for the film.
[edit] External links
- RTÉ review
- On the Edge on the Internet Movie Database
- On the Edge review (German)
