Reefer and the Model

Aug 5, 1988

1h 30m

★ 5.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Adventure

Crime

Production Companies

Berber Films

Film4 Productions

RTÉ

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

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Cast

Reefer

Ian McElhinney

Teresa, The Model

Carol Moore

Spider

Sean Lawlor

Badger

Ray McBride

The Mother

Eve Watkinson

Instant Photo

Birdy Sweeney

Messenger Boy

Fionn Comerford

Porter

John Lillis

Waiter

Henry Comerford

Quayside Fisherman

Paraic Breathnach

Island Woman

Maire Chinsealach

Sergeant

Dave Duffy

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