In Bruges

In Bruges is a 2008 black comedy-drama crime thriller film directed and written by Martin McDonagh in his feature-length debut. It stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two London-based Irish hitmen hiding in Bruges, with Ralph Fiennes as their boss. The film is set and was filmed in Bruges, Belgium. In Bruges premiered as the opening film of the Sundance Film Festival on 17 January 2008. Focus Features gave the film a limited release in the United States on 8 February 2008. In Bruges had its Irish premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival on 15 February 2008. Universal Pictures gave it a full release in Ireland on 7 March 2008, before it opened on 18 April 2008 in the United Kingdom. In Bruges earned $34.5 million at the box office against a production bu