Dream Kitchen
- Synopsis
- Fiction short. An allegory on ‘coming out’ set in working-class Dublin. A son comes home to his family to find his father repairing the car, and his mother in the kitchen cooking as usual. As he watches his mother doing the dishes, he imagines how things could have been different and dreams up a luxurious kitchen as a way of telling his parents the good news that he is gay. In his ideal kitchen his language becomes that of the ideal family; he remembers the Shakespeare he has seen on television and everyone now speaks pseudo-Shakespearean, his father saying’I am not deserving of such good fortune. A son of mine, gay?'.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Ireland
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1999
- Duration
- 9 mins
Credits
- Director
- Barry Dignam
- Producer
- Barry Dignam; Conor McKiernan; Katherina Fay
- Cinematographer
- David O’Sullivan
- Screenplay
- Barry Dignam
- Cast
Andrew Lovern Son Caroline Rothwell Ma Frank Coughlan Da Loclann Aiken Andrew Sarah Pilkington Daughter
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Subjects
- Literature
- Keywords
- homosexuality; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Gay and lesbian interpretations
Notes
- General
- From a short play by Kevin McCarthy.
- Awards
- Nominated for a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2000 for Best Short Film. Won Audience Award for Best Short Film at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival (2001, Spring).
- Reviews
- Film West no. 38, October 1999.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Irish Film Archive
- info@irishfilm.ie
- Web
- http://www.irishfilm.ie External site opens in new window
- Phone
- =353 1 679 5744
- Address
- 6 Eustace Street
Temple Bar
Dublin 2
Ireland
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Dream Kitchen". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av69329 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)