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
Eve Watkinson
The Mother
Ray McBride
Badger
Joe Comerford
Director
Birdy Sweeney
Instant Photo
Fionn Comerford
Messenger Boy
Lelia Doolan
Producer
John Lillis
Porter
Breffni Byrne
Cinematographer
Henry Comerford
Waiter
Sé Merry Doyle
Editor
Paraic Breathnach
Quayside Fisherman
Maire Chinsealach
Island Woman
John Lucas
ProductionDesigner
John Lucas
ProductionDesigner
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
Máire Ní Mháille
Bank Teller
Michael Rowland
Older Bank Guard
Patrick Blackaby
1st Tinker Guard
Uinseann Mac Thomáis
2nd Tinker Guard
Deirdre Lawless
Policewoman
Gary McMahon
Young Guard
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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