---
title: 'Breakfast on Pluto (2005)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Neil Jordan'
released: '2005-09-03'
runtime_minutes: 129
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Ireland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/breakfast-on-pluto-2005'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411195/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

2005 · 129 min · Drama, Comedy · United Kingdom, Ireland


## Synopsis

Breakfast on Pluto is a 2005 comedy-drama film directed by Neil Jordan from a screenplay he co-wrote with Patrick McCabe, based on McCabe's 1998 novel of the same name. Set during the Troubles in the 1970s, the film stars Cillian Murphy as a transgender woman foundling who leaves her small Irish town for London in search of her long-lost mother. Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson and Liam Neeson also star.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Patrick McCabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-mccabe), [Neil Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-jordan)
- **Director:** [Neil Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-jordan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anna Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-jordan)
- **Producer:** [Stephen Woolley](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-woolley)
- **Director of Photography:** [Declan Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/declan-quinn)
- **Editor:** [Tony Lawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-lawson)

## Cast

- [Eva Birthistle](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-birthistle)
- [Brendan Gleeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brendan-gleeson)
- [Cillian Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/cillian-murphy)
- [Bryan Ferry](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-ferry)
- [Ian Hart](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-hart)
- [Stephen Rea](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-rea)
- [Charlene McKenna](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlene-mckenna)
- [Liam Neeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/liam-neeson) as Father Liam
- [Gavin Friday](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-friday)
- [Steven Waddington](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-waddington)
- [Ruth Negga](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-negga)
- [Liam Cunningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/liam-cunningham)
- [Laurence Kinlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-kinlan)
- [Ruth McCabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-mccabe)
- [Mary Coughlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-coughlan)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/breakfast-on-pluto-2005
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