Pig is devastated by this and decides to run away and retrieve Runt.Įven though Runt is paralyzed with uncertainty and fear at the boarding school, unsure of how to live her daily life without Pig, she starts to adapt, even befriending another girl. With the cooperation of her parents and Pig's single mother, Runt, considered the more adaptive of the two, is sent away to a boarding school.
Their relationship finally raises concerns at their school. Runt does not know how to reject him and they continue their friendship, though relations between them are markedly awkward. As their birthday draws closer, Pig becomes more volatile and violent and his new feelings become obvious to Runt when he kisses her after a rampage at a nightclub. Their relationship, while very intense and unhealthy, remains platonic until just before their 17th birthday.Īround this time, Runt catches and reciprocates the attentions of another young man, Marky (Darren Healy), from their school just as Pig begins to develop romantic feelings for Runt. They live in their own world and rarely interact with other people when they do, it's mostly to express their hostility toward them.
This brings about an extremely close relationship between the two. Pig and Runt were born at the same hospital at nearly the same time and grow up next door to each other. The film revolves around the intense relationship of the two teenage protagonists, Darren ( Cillian Murphy) and Sinéad ( Elaine Cassidy), who call each other "Pig" and "Runt," respectively.