"Breakfast On Pluto"

Media Language: Stylised. Music includes '70s pop and rock music such as T-Rex creating the atmosphere for the time. Also features computer visuals, enhancing the real world with the fantasy world in Kitten's mind.

Institution:Director Neil Jordan known for films such as "The Crying Game" and "Interview With A Vampire". "The Crying Game" and "Breakfast On Pluto" both contain common theme of transgendered characters and also both concern The Troubles in Ireland. Golden Globe nominated. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics which produces, acquires and distributes independent films from America and around the world. Films include "Layer Cake" (2004) and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000).

Genre:Elements of drama, romance and comedy: Hooker: Oi. You doing business, do it somewhere else, love. This pavement's got my name on it. Kitten: And what, pray, is your name? Concrete?

Representation: Young Patrick spends most of his time with a group of outcasts, including a boy with Down's Syndrome which shows an unique representation of a person with this disability. Patrick's alter ego Kitten is a representation of transvestism. We also see represented rock bands of the glam rock era and Irish terrorists from the IRA. Political matters such as the conflict between England and Ireland.

Audience:The film rating is 15 due to language, violence, sexuality and drug use. An older audience may be attracted to the soundtrack while Kitten's biography would appeal to a younger audience.

Values and Ideologies:Political issues such as The Troubles and the IRA. Also the representation of London compared to Ireland and the glamour of the glam rock era: sex, drugs and rock and roll. Transvestism is a key issue relating to the protagonist.

Narrative:Follows the life of Patrick "Kitten" Braden from being abandoned as a baby to his youth with a group of outcasts, his cross dressing and his move to London to find his mother.