Antonio's Breakfast

I have been studying Media Moving Image at college and have been watching Antonio's Breakfast as part of my course. Before this I hadn't watched any short films, but I have been missing out. Dan Mulloy built a relationship with some young actors from London and has worked with them well, producing a brilliant Drama which really does open your eyes about father figures in a family. I also found his other Short Films very interesting as well, including 'Dance Floor', 'Dad', and 'Sister'. I would highly recommend seeing these if you have only watched Antonio's Breakfast. I await the arrival of the two feature films Dan is currently working on with great excitement.

Set in the projects in the London area, a son must tend to his father who is subjected a wheelchair and can not breathe without a respirator. The kid has several friends that come by the morning of the story. The story is a beautiful twist on the tending and weak. The short is shot with magnificence and it even hooks the audience in, although its a short. This short was intense. I saw this at the sundance film festival in 06 and it was one of the better that i had seen. In the collection that i did this short in, it was the best, outdoing a short called first date. THe dialogue was brilliant and the way the story was set up was also of great magnificence. The characters are portrayed not only once but twice in different emotional preferences each time. A short with much to say.