Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 11/18/2005(USA
Release Date: 04/18/2006
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol/Por
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 129 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures
An Irish boy becomes an emotional and sexual outcast as the 1960s fade into the 1970s in this
period drama from director
Neil Jordan. When he was just a baby in the early '60s,
Patrick Braden (
Conor McEvoy) was abandoned by his mother and left on the doorstep of a church overseen by
Father Bernard (
Liam Neeson). Placed in a foster home, sensitive
Patrick doesn't much care for the emotionally chilly attitude of his new "family," and psychologically buffers himself against the world by writing stories that make fun of
Father Bernard and the other authority figures in his life. As he grows into adulthood,
Patrick (played as an adult by
Cillian Murphy) also discovers that he enjoys dressing in women's clothes and prefers the company of men, and as a teenager he falls into an affair with
Billy Hatchet (
Gavin Friday), a nightclub performer who also runs guns for the Irish Republican Army. In the early '70s,
Patrick -- who has since taken on the drag name "Kitten" -- makes his way to London, where he becomes involved with
Bertie (
Stephen Rea), a small-time nightclub magician who gives the young man a place to say, a sense of security, and a job as his on-stage assistant. However,
Patrick's idyllic life with
Bertie proves short-lived when his old friends come to town on IRA "business."
Breakfast on Pluto also features a supporting performance from former
Roxy Music frontman
Bryan Ferry.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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