---
title: 'Reefer and the Model (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joe Comerford'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Ireland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/reefer-and-the-model-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093834/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Reefer and the Model (1988)

1988 · 95 min · Drama · Ireland


## Synopsis

Reefer and the Model is a 1988 Irish film written and directed by Joe Comerford. It concerns Reefer, a former Irish Republican Army man who operates a ferry using an old trawler between the Galway coast and the Aran Islands; his friends Spider and Badger; and the pregnant Teresa, who has abandoned a life of drugs and prostitution in England. The group become involved in the armed robbery of a post office and are pursued by the Gardaí. The film premièred in Galway in August 1988.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joe Comerford](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-comerford)
- **Screenplay:** [Joe Comerford](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-comerford)
- **Producer:** [Lelia Doolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lelia-doolan)

## Cast

- [Birdy Sweeney](https://cinepixo.com/people/birdy-sweeney)
- [Carol Scanlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-scanlan)
- [Ian McElhinney](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-mcelhinney)
- [Sean Lawlor](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-lawlor)
- [Eve Watkinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/eve-watkinson)
- [Máire Chinsealach](https://cinepixo.com/people/maire-chinsealach)
- [Ray McBride](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-mcbride)

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