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BREAKFAST ON PLUTODirector: Neil Jordan "Thanks to Jordan's bravura storytelling, Breakfast on Pluto is one of very few movies this year truly worth remembering." - New York Post
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The film is a delirious frenzy that tells the wild story of Patrick “Kitten” Braden, a catty, beleaguered Irish transvestite who becomes involved with the Irish Republican Army while on a quest to reunite with his mother. This is the second collaboration of Neil Jordan and author-screenwriter Patrick McCabe, who gave us the equally inventive THE BUTCHER BOY. Outrageous star Cillian Murphy (COLD MOUNTAIN) shines as the “svelte gamine” Kitten, supported by the venerable Liam Neeson (GANGS OF NEW YORK, KINSEY) as a sympathetic local priest.
Falling carelessly into a succession of freakish encounters that involve the IRA and a magician with a penchant for gory tricks (Stephen Rea, THE CRYING GAME, GUINEVERE), Kitten remains gloriously immune to the vicissitudes of life. Jordan, perhaps Ireland’s best-known filmmaker, once again fashions a cinematic gem that is Irish to the core: interior, complex and liberating. He is magnificently served by Murphy’s brazen performance: with his bee-stung lips and foul mouth, the flighty, flaky Kitten is a commanding presence. A film of bright colours and offbeat art design, its cheeky humour brings to life the beatings, break-ups and bombings that punctuate the drama. With its off-beat charm, nostalgic pop soundtrack and dark edge, BREAKFAST ON PLUTO is an electrifying, if bizarre, adventure. "Neil Jordan doesn’t make bad movies …the visuals are always stunning and the acting is consistently so striking that you’re never bored by what you see …You’re guaranteed to walk out stimulated by the events that occurred. The same holds true for his latest, BREAKFAST ON PLUTO"– Rachel Gordon, filmcritic.com |
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A BREAKFAST ON PLUTO, a Masters presentation at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival®, is the newest work in the distinguished career of award-winning director Neil Jordan (THE CRYING GAME, THE GOOD THIEF). 
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO is a the tale of a young, Irish pretty-boy who moves from pubescent youth to a kind of maturity over the film, while remaining true to his anarchic character despite attempts to reform him. Abandoned at birth, Kitten grows into an effeminate and sharptongued
boy who suffers at the hands of an abusive foster mother. The chic, often confused Kitten is propelled from one bizarre situation to another as he travels from Ireland to London’s steamy Soho nightspots in search of his birth mother.