1992 film by Neil Jordan
The Crying Game is a 1992 crime thriller film, written and directed by Neil Jordan, produced by Stephen Woolley and Nik Powell, and starring Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Adrian Dunbar, Ralph Brown, and Forest Whitaker. The film explores themes of race, sex, gender, nationality, and sexuality against the backdrop of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
The film follows Fergus (Rea), a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. He develops a brief but meaningful connection with a black British soldier, Jody (Whitaker), who asks him to look after his girlfriend, Dil (Davidson). After Jody's death, Fergus finds Dil, and the two develop an unexpected romantic relationship.
A critical and commercial success, The Crying Game won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film as well as the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, alongside Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Rea, Best Supporting Actor for Davidson, and Best Film Editing. In 1999, the British Film Institute named it the 26th-greatest British film of all time. The film is notable for a plot twist in which the gender identity of the character Dil is revealed through a nude scene.
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