''Dead Bodies'' is a 2003 Irish drama film by Robert Quinn starring Andrew Scott, Katy Davis,

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, Darren Healy and

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. The screenplay was written by

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Plot

Tommy McGann (Scott) gets back together with his ex-girlfriend, after breaking up with her recently. But later on, the two fight, in which Tommy leaves the apartment as he pushes her out of his way. He returns later to find her dead, realising he pushed her onto the table where she fell and cracked her head. Tommy drives the body out into the woods and buries it there. Soon after, Tommy gets a new girlfriend, who secretly knows about what happened to his old girlfriend.

Cast

* Andrew Scott as Tommy McGann * Katy Davis as Jean Goodman *

as Billy * Darren Healy as Noel *

as Viv McCormack *Luke Mulvaney as Gym Guy #2 *Ian "Delicious" Darbey as Butch McCracken

Awards

''Dead Bodies'' was nominated for four

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awards and won three for Best Actor in a Film (Andrew Scott), Best Editing (Dermot Diskin) and Best Sound/Sound Editing (Daniel Birch).

External links

* 2003 films 2003 drama films English-language Irish films Irish drama films 2000s English-language films {{2000s-drama-film-stub