The Lieutenant of Inishmore

The Lieutenant of Inishmore

What mainly caught my attention in “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” was the possibility to make something that is not seen in a theatre – an action thriller. Theatre means, with all its conditions, are not meant for this type of genre, but that was the real challenge for the actors and for me. The result is a wild dark comedy. About what? Well, firstly, about a genuine irresponsibility towards everything, and particularly towards life, someone else’s and one’s own. About people from a small Irish island who learned, to great joy of their parents, that the best toys are explosives, guns and other lethal weapons. About ideologically fallen minds. And, of course, about a cat.

Žanko Tomić