The short Irish film "The Breakfast" is now available to stream for free via the Irish Film Institute's IFI Archive Player.
In this short Irish film from 1998, a young boy plans his revenge when he is unfairly punished for an innocent mishap.
Curly Mulligan (Gavin Dowdall) is a pupil at a Christian Brothers boarding school, where he is on kitchen duty every morning. It is his job to bring a full fried breakfast to headmaster Brother Ledwidge (Frank McDonald).
As his own breakfast consists of a plain bowl of porridge, he drools longingly over the sausages and rashers as he carries them down the corridors.
When Brother Ledwidge finds a hair in his breakfast one morning, all hell breaks loose.
Set in the not-too-distant past, this is a quirky little drama about a resilient young man surviving in a strict church-run institution.
This film is part of the IFI's Children on Film collection.
The Irish Film Institute's Children on Film Collection
This substantial new collection of films provides a vibrant overview of childhood in Ireland from the 1930s to more recent times.
While some of the films have been made by children themselves, most are made about them by adults keen to capture their uncorrupted perspectives as they navigate the world around them. The collection rewards close study as it offers insights into changing expectations of children; their role in family life and their experiences in Irish society over 80 years.
Enjoy films made for educational purposes; animations designed to entertain; short dramas showing real and imagined crises in children’s lives; documentaries capturing reality of young lives and advertisements selling fun stuff.
"The Breakfast" is published here thanks to the Irish Film Institute (IFI), who IrishCentral has partnered up with to bring you a taste of what their remarkable collection entails. You can find all IrishCentral articles and videos from the IFI here.
To watch more historic Irish footage, visit the IFI Archive Player, the Irish Film Institute’s virtual viewing room that provides audiences around the globe free, instant access to Irish heritage preserved in the IFI Irish Film Archive. Irish Culture from the last century is reflected through documentaries, animation, adverts, amateur footage, feature films, and much more. You can also download the IFI Archive Player App for free on iPhone, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Roku.
IrishCentral has partnered up with the IFI to bring you a taste of what their remarkable collections entail. You can find all IrishCentral articles and videos from the IFI here.
