Reefer and the Model

Reefer and the Model
Directed byJoe Comerford
Written byJoe Comerford
Produced byLelia Doolan
Starring
CinematographyBreffni Byrne
Edited bySé Merry Doyle
Music byAndy Roberts, Johnny Duhan
Production
companies
Distributed byMetro Pictures
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish
Budget£1.05 million

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 ("the Model"), 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.