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Where was The Crying Game filmed?

1992 film, directed by Neil Jordan.

  • London

The story is set in London, Northern Ireland, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
London, Northern Ireland
Filmed in
London

About The Crying Game

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Released
1992
Director
Neil Jordan
Cast
Stephen ReaMiranda RichardsonJaye DavidsonForest WhitakerJim BroadbentAdrian DunbarRalph Brown
Genre
DramaRomancePsychological ThrillerCrimeTransgender
Awards
Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film; Silver nugget for the best foreign film; Academy Award for Best Writing; Original Screenplay and 2 more

The story

At a rural fairground in Northern Ireland, a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit kidnaps Jody, a Black British soldier.

The men bond, with Jody relating the fable of the Scorpion and the Frog to Fergus.

As Jody flees, he runs across a road and is struck and killed by an oncoming Alvis Saracen.

Famous lines from The Crying Game

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Ask him!Dil
  • What is it?Jude
  • So who's he?Fergus
  • I expect he does.Col
  • Ask him yourself!Col

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