Breakfast on Pluto Page #3

Synopsis: A young transwoman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age in the 1970s. She leaves her Irish town, in part to look for her mother and in part because her transgender nature is beyond the town's understanding. She's taken in by a rock band, falls for the lead singer, has brushes with the IRA, is arrested by the London police, works in a peep show, and poses as a survey researcher for the phone company. Throughout, her nationality and her nature put her at great risk. In her search for her mother, she makes surprising discoveries of friendship and family. But, will she survive?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Neil Jordan
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
R
Year:
2005
128 min
£751,360
Website
1,642 Views


you throw peanuts in the river, too?"

To which the young lad says,

"No, Father, I am Peanuts."

Not a very funny joke...

but she laughed and she laughed.

In fact, you could say

she laughed until she cried.

My skirt and housecoat are riding up.

Better abort this task at once...

or we could have an exploding clergyman

filling the air with pent-up sexual energy.

Oh, no!

-Priest grows wings in latest miracle.

-Eily!

"When she found herself enveloped

by his skirts. "

Now, Father, is this another joke?

That hurt, Father.

Frank Sinatra wouldn't do this, Father.

Neither would Vic Damone.

I'm all wet, Father.

What are you doing down there, Father?

Are you playing squidgy

with my Fairy Liquid?

But she was soon to realize...

it wasn't Fairy Liquid

he'd been playing with down there.

The end.

No...

it wasn't Fairy Liquid at all.

"...privates go sprong."

"Privates go...."

How dare you?

When I said, "develop your literary skills"...

I did not, repeat, not, mean this.

Why did you write it?

I thought there was a moral, sir.

A lesson, if you will.

Young girls in mortal danger.

Get out of this classroom, Braden!

To the Dean's office!

Hello, class. My name is Miss Kitten...

and I'd like to tell you about the perils

of being a priest's housekeeper...

especially when you look like Mitzi Gaynor.

Hands up who can tell me

who Mitzi Gaynor is.

So, you see, Patrick, we're on your side.

We're here to help you.

I don't think you understand that.

Well, no, you're wrong, Father. I do.

So, if you can think of anything

that would help us to help you, well....

Well...

there is one thing, Father.

-Instead of PE...

-Yeah.

...I could take Home Economics

and Needlework class.

And you think that would help you...

knuckle down and apply yourself?

What's that, Patrick?

Oh, and you can call me Kitten, Father.

Kitten?

Yes, Patrick Kitten Braden,

after Saint Kitten.

Well, now,

there was no Saint Kitten, Patrick.

Oh, no,

but there was a Saint Cettin, Father...

and some have been known to call him...

or was it a her...

Kitten.

Saint Kitten?

He or she was an acolyte of Saint Patrick.

Wore a dress. As did Saint Patrick, actually.

A hairy dress.

Quite ruined her complexion.

And they're for your sister, Patrick?

Oh, she really needs a bit of glamour

in her life, Mrs. Coyle.

But then again, don't we all?

The trouble broke out as the Minister

of State for Northern Ireland, Mr. Channon...

was visiting Derry

to see businessmen there...

for the second time inside a month.

Jesus, Mammy, I'm exhausted.

At least you have a job...

which is more than that waster yonder

is ever likely to have.

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Neil Jordan

Neil Patrick Jordan is an Irish film director, screenwriter and novelist. He won an Academy Award for The Crying Game. He also won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival for The Butcher Boy. more…

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