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Dream Kitchen

Category:
LGBT+, Short Film, Drama, Children on Film
Directed by:
Barry Dignam
Produced by:
Hit & Run Productions
Year:

1997
Duration:

8 min
Language:
English

A young man arrives home to find his Dad repairing the car and his Mum busy cooking, as usual. In these depressingly dreary surroundings the son imagines a luxurious dream kitchen, in which he plucks up the courage to tell his astonished parents the good news: “I’m gay”. But, all too soon, his fairy-tale comes to an end.

This film is part of Children on Film. To see more from this collection, click here.

With kind permission of Barry Dignam.

IFI recommendation: 10+ 

 

Credits: Directed by Barry Dignam Produced by Conor McKiernan Katherina Fay Barry Dignam Written by Barry Dignam (adapted from an original stage scene by Kevin McCarthy) Starring Andrew Lovern Frank Coughlan Caroline Rothwell Sarah Pilkington Loclann Aiken
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