Reefer and the Model (1988)
1h 20m
Running Time
August 5, 1988Release Date
Reefer and the Model (1988)
1h 20m
Running Time
August 5, 1988Release Date
Network & Production Companies



Plot.
Comerford’s signature sharp realism infuses this drama about Reefer, an ex-IRA man who picks up hitch-hiker Teresa, a pregnant woman trying to overcome a drug addiction. They head to the trawler where he lives with friends Spider and Badger, that operates between Galway and the Aran Islands. The makeshift family are forced to turn to crime to make a living.
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Cast & Crew.

Ian McElhinney
Reefer

Carol Moore
Teresa, The Model

Sean Lawlor
Spider

Ray McBride
Badger

Eve Watkinson
The Mother

Birdy Sweeney
Instant Photo

Fionn Comerford
Messenger Boy

John Lillis
Porter

Henry Comerford
Waiter

Paraic Breathnach
Quayside Fisherman

Maire Chinsealach
Island Woman

Dave Duffy
Sergeant

Rosina Brown
The Blonde

Little John Nee
Boy Soldier

Seán Ó Coisdealbha
Rossaveal Skipper

Noel Spain
Boatman

Peter Fitzgerald
Bank Guard

Dick Donaghue
Bank Teller

John Lucas
ProductionDesigner

Máire Ní Mháille
Bank Teller

Michael Rowland
Older Bank Guard

Patrick Blackaby
1st Tinker Guard

Uinseann Mac Thomáis
2nd Tinker Guard

Deirdre Lawless
Policewoman
Details.
Wiki.
Reefer and the Model is a 1988 Irish film written and directed by Joe Comerford. It concerns Reefer, a former Irish Republican Army man who operates a ferry using an old trawler between the Galway coast and the Aran Islands; his friends Spider and Badger; and the pregnant Teresa ("the Model"), who has abandoned a life of drugs and prostitution in England. The group become involved in the armed robbery of a post office and are pursued by the Gardaí. The film premièred in Galway in August 1988.
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