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Breakfast on Pluto - Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ruth Negga, Neil Jordan

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Set in the 1970s, Breakfast on Pluto follows the exploits of Patrick Braden (Cillian Murphy), an endearing, but deceptively tough young man. Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown and aware from a very early age that he is different, Patrick survives this harsh environment with the aid of his wit and charm, plus a sweet refusal to let anyone and anything change who he is.

As Patrick's penchant for dressing up and his sewing skills develop, he begins his transformation into the beautiful and androgynous Kitten. With a burning desire to find his mother, he moves to London where an hilarious, memorable and emotional series of misadventures sees Kitten finally finding the love and happiness he so craves and deserves.

Neil Jordan weaves a wonderfully surreal and magical tale to bring us this funny, moving and poignant rites of passage account of a young man enduring the trials and tribulations he faces with a smile and unwavering faith in the inherent goodness in us all.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film gender drama tranny dysphoria sexuality Ireland UK cabaret comedy survival love IRA crime glam rock seventies

Persons of interest

Cillian Murphy .... Patrick "Kitten" Brady
Liam Neeson .... Father Bernard
Ruth Negga .... Charlie
Laurence Kinlan .... Irwin
Stephen Rea .... Bertie
Brendan Gleeson .... Uncle Bulgaria
Conor McEvoy .... Patrick (10)
Seamus Reilly .... Laurence (10)
Bianca O'Connor .... Charlie (10)
Gavin Friday .... Billy Hatchet
Ian Hart .... PC Wallis
Eva Birthistle .... Eily Bergin, Eily Look-alike
Ruth McCabe .... Ma Braden
Steven Waddington .... Inspector Routledge
Mark Doherty .... Running Bear
Sid Young .... Eily's Boy
Ciaran Nolan .... Horse Killane
Eamonn Owens .... Jackie Timlin
Tony Devlin .... White Dove
Bryan Ferry .... Mr Silky String
Pat McCabe .... Author
Neil Jordan .... Screenwriter
Neil Jordan .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Breakfast on Pluto official movie site
Breakfast on Pluto film production notes
Breakfast on Pluto QuickTime movie trailers

Awards and film festivals:

Berlin International Film Festival 2005: Panorama
Brisbane International Film Festival 2006: Screening
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) 2005: Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Cillian Murphy)
International Press Academy Golden Satellite Awards 2005: Nominated: Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (Cillian Murphy)

See also Boys don't cry, Different for girls, Hedwig and the angry inch, Transamerica, The Gender Centre Inc
Studios and distributors:

Pathé Film * Icon Film Distribution

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

I'm thinking that Breakfast on Pluto the novel is a lot more entertaining than Breakfast on Pluto the movie, otherwise it would never have been made into a movie. If it had been a biography it would have some redeeming historical value but as fiction it's more of a b-grade, big-poof Forrest Gump.