Project Detail

Treacle JR

Synopsis

Tom is forty. He walks out one day, rather abruptly, on his wife and baby boy and his seemingly happy life. He finds himself living on the streets of London. One night alone in a park he is mistaken for a gay man and is set upon by a gang of violent thugs.
 
In A and E the next day Tom meets Aidan, the happiest, fast-talking individual you are ever likely to meet, the complete opposite of Tom. Too polite, or too weak to ask him to leave him alone, Tom tries to get away from this child-like man but with little joy, Aidan sticks to Tom like glue. Tom reluctantly becomes involved in Aidan's life and he quickly realizes that Aidan has problems too. Aidan's 'girlfriend' Linda verbally and physically abuses him on a regular basis.

Will Tom overcome his own problems in order to help his new 'friend'? Will Tom ever make it back home - and why exactly did Tom leave home in the first place?

Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Features
Running time
85 mins
Format
HD
Director
Jame Thraves
Producer
Rob Small, James Thraves
Co-Producer
Nicky Clarke, Anna Harrison, Nigel Harrison
Editor
Tom Lindsay, Ross Hallard
Screenwriter
Jamie Thraves
Director of Photography
Catherine Derry, Nigel Kinnings
Production Designer
Steve Ritchie
Sound
Jonathan Mitchell
Composer
Stems
Principal cast
Aidan Gillen, Tom Fisher, Riann Steele

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Production Status

Production Company

Golden Rule Films

30 Bloomsbury Street
London
WC1B 3QJ
UK
Tel: +44 (0)7802 266 840

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