| "Hunger (2008)" Movie Monologues IMDb: www.imdb.com "You been to Gweedore, in Donegal? I went there when I was 12. Big cross-country race for the boys. And we were all in the back of a minibus headed towards Derry one morning. I mean this is big time. I mean, this is like international athletics for us because we were racing against boys in the South and we had this thing to do Belfast pride. A few boys were Protestants and the rest of us were Catholics. It was a cross-community event I suppose the good people in the south think this is great stuff. Let's get this wee team over from Belfast and all that patronizing shit. Anyway, we went through the border. The boys singing pop tunes and all... But I'm just in the back of the bus looking out the window, we're going through the mountains. You know, where Mount Errigal is in them? It's a beautiful sight, Don. Donegal is the most beautiful place in Ireland, I reckon. Anyway, when we arrived at Gweedore... what a place. There were about 200 boys there. Getting into their gear and limnering up. The whole event is run by Christian Brothers and they're clipping young fellows around in the back of the ears, basically trying to obtain some order. Our team goes off for a wee jog, to stretch out the legs. And we're surrounded by fields of barley. And I dip down into a wee valley where there's a stream and woods running through it. The woods and the stream are out of bounds so, naturally, us Belfast boys had to go check it, right? The ... |
