In an effort to protect the woman he loves, Fergus takes the fall.Įxcept that’s not what the movie is about at all. But Dil, outraged when she finds out that Fergus was involved in Jody’s death, ends up murdering Jude, one of Fergus’s IRA colleagues. When the IRA shows up again and forces Fergus to participate in an assassination plot, Dil’s life is at risk.
Another surprise connection for Fergus: falling in love with Dil. Racked with guilt, Fergus escapes to England and assumes a new identity to hide from his former comrades. Fergus finds himself unable to shoot the prisoner in the back, but Jody gets run over and killed by a British armored vehicle. Just as Fergus prepares to kill Jody on behalf of the IRA, Jody makes a run for it. While holding Jody hostage, Fergus makes an unlikely connection with the prisoner. Fergus is one of several IRA members who kidnap Jody, an English soldier. The film takes place in the early 1990s in Northern Ireland and England during The Troubles. For its commentary on gender as a social construction, The Crying Game was unlike anything else at the time.
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