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Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto

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Breakfast on Pluto

"Same world. Different planet."

2005

2h 8m

7.2(453 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.

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Production Companies

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Pathe

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

Patrick 'Kitten' Braden

Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea

Bertie

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

John Joe Kenny

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Father Liam

Eva Birthistle

Eva Birthistle

Eily Bergin

Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga

Charlie

Laurence Kinlan

Laurence Kinlan

Irwin

Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry

Mr. Silky String

Ruth McCabe

Ruth McCabe

Ma Braden

Morgan Jones

Building Site Worker

Creative team

Directed by: Neil Jordan
Written by: Neil Jordan
Pat McCabe
Produced by: Stephen Woolley
Alan Moloney

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