Film
Reefer and the Model
Ireland- Director
- Joe Comerford
- Year
- 1988
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.
Top cast
Ian McElhinney
Reefer
Carol Moore
Teresa, The Model
Sean Lawlor
Spider
Ray McBride
Badger
Eve Watkinson
The Mother
Birdy Sweeney
Instant Photo
Fionn Comerford
Messenger Boy
John Lillis
Porter
Henry Comerford
Waiter
Paraic Breathnach
Quayside Fisherman
Maire Chinsealach
Island Woman
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
Directed by
Joe Comerford
Written by
Joe Comerford
Produced by
Lelia Doolan
