Breakfast On Pluto

    Genre
    Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    129 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2005
  • |
    • Countries
    United Kingdom
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Neil Jordan
WRITTEN BY:
Neil Jordan, Pat McCabe
CAST INCLUDES:
Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ruth Negga, Laurence Kinlan, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Set in the 1970s amidst the eruption of British-Irish conflicts, BREAKFAST ON PLUTO is an "enchanting, poignant, picaresque" (Michael Koresky, Interview Magazine) film from Oscar®-winning director Neil Jordan (1993, The Crying Game, Best Writing; The End of an Affair) that stars 2006 Golden Globe®-nominee Cilian Murphy (Batman Begins) and Oscar®-nominee Liam Neeson (1993 Best Actor, Schindler's List). Murphy stars as a transgender woman who embarks on a touching and funny journey that will lead her to the most unexpected place of all. "Neil Jordan's colorful yarn...a wonderful roiling comedy...celebrates the power of the imagination" (Stephen Holden, The New York Times).

SYNOPSIS

As a baby, Patrick (Cillian Murphy) is left by her mother on the steps of the rectory in a small Irish town. The child is discovered by Father Liam (Liam Neeson), coincidentally her real father, and placed in an abusive foster home. As a teen, the child comes out as transgender, takes the name Kitten, and sets out for London with a rock group in hopes of finding her mother. Along the way she works variously as a magician’s assistant, a sex worker and a dancer.

Breakfast On Pluto

    Genre
    Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    129 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2005
  • |
    • Countries
    United Kingdom
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Neil Jordan
WRITTEN BY
Neil Jordan, Pat McCabe
CAST INCLUDES
Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ruth Negga, Laurence Kinlan, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson
Set in the 1970s amidst the eruption of British-Irish conflicts, BREAKFAST ON PLUTO is an "enchanting, poignant, picaresque" (Michael Koresky, Interview Magazine) film from Oscar®-winning director Neil Jordan (1993, The Crying Game, Best Writing; The End of an Affair) that stars 2006 Golden Globe®-nominee Cilian Murphy (Batman Begins) and Oscar®-nominee Liam Neeson (1993 Best Actor, Schindler's List). Murphy stars as a transgender woman who embarks on a touching and funny journey that will lead her to the most unexpected place of all. "Neil Jordan's colorful yarn...a wonderful roiling comedy...celebrates the power of the imagination" (Stephen Holden, The New York Times).

As a baby, Patrick (Cillian Murphy) is left by her mother on the steps of the rectory in a small Irish town. The child is discovered by Father Liam (Liam Neeson), coincidentally her real father, and placed in an abusive foster home. As a teen, the child comes out as transgender, takes the name Kitten, and sets out for London with a rock group in hopes of finding her mother. Along the way she works variously as a magician’s assistant, a sex worker and a dancer.

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