Cáca Milis

Cáca Milis (English: Cake) is a 2001 Irish short film starring Charlotte Bradley and Brendan Gleeson.

Plot

An exhausted business woman named Catherine is sitting on a train reading a love story, this is the only time of day where Catherine gets a break from the caring she gives to her aging mother. When a blind man with asthma called Pól sits across from her, he constantly interrupts her and proceeds in antagonizing her by making loud noises, asking soft questions and coming out with irrelevant statements. When Catherine gets sick of Pól constantly annoying her, she tells him that a piece of sweet cake that he is eating has a worm in it. When she tells him this there is a loud cough from a nervous Pól, and he suddenly gets a shorter breath. When he searches for his inhaler on the table, Catherine quietly grabs it and hides it from Pól. As he is dying, Catherine leaves the inhaler on the table beside Pól's hand, disembarking the train with a smile.

Cast

• Charlotte Bradley as Catherine
• Brendan Gleeson as Pól
• Eithne McGuinness as Catherine's old mother

Legacy

The film is studied by Irish students who study Irish for the Leaving Cert.^[1]

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