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Reefer and the Model(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-08-05
52%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Ireland
ProductionCompanies: 
Berber Films
Movie: Reefer and the Model
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ian McElhinney
Reefer
Carol Moore
Teresa, The Model
Sean Lawlor
Spider
Birdy Sweeney
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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.
Release Date
1988-08-05
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5.2
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