Tiger's Tail

Director John Boorman

Bio-Filmographie - Tiger's Tail
John Boorman "The title comes from the so-called economic miracle that took Ireland from poverty to wealth," says Boorman. "There's a moment when one of the characters says: 'We have the Celtic tiger by the tail; if we let go it's gonna turn and bite us in the arse.' That's what the film's about; being bitten in the arse by economics“

Contents:

Identical twins are separated at birth. One, Liam, becomes a successful though over-stretched property developer in the new godless, greedy Ireland; the other, a homeless bum in Leeds. The have and the have-not. The bum comes across a magazine article about Liam and his glittering possessions. In a series of wickedly devious comic episodes, he sets out to steal Liam's life and wife. He succeeds, but finds nothing but debts and grief. Liam, on the other hand, discovers he is less aggrieved than he might be to find himself relieved of his life and its burdens.

Synopsis

The Tiger’s Tail is a film about the schisms created by sudden wealth in modern-day Ireland, works like a modern and gloomy fairytale.

Film John Boorman

Renowned for pushing actors (and crews) to their very limit in order to achieve transcendent results, director John Boorman is a committed filmmaker who has refused to settle into fixed genres and remains as commercially unpredictable as he is artistically fascinating.

Boorman prides himself on being a non-conformist, risk-taking director who enjoys keeping audiences on their toes. He has five decades of work – some of his titles include:

Country of My Skull (2004)
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
The General (1998)
Hope and Glory (1987)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Deliverance (1972)
Hell in the Pacific (1968)
Point Blank (1967)
Catch Us If You Can (1965)