Project Detail

Petroleum Spirit

Synopsis

A head-on collision between fantasy and reality told from the twisted world view of Errol – a sexually repressed teenager born in the wreckage of a Lada crash.
Raised in isolation by his mother at a remote petrol station, Errol yearns to explore the real world. When his mother dies in an accident, Errol learns that the father he thought dead is alive, and sets off in the Lada to find him, leaving an unintended trail of destruction across the desolate backroads of 80s Britain. When he finally does reach him, Errol’s violent-tempered father tries recruiting him to a criminal underworld, forcing Errol to choose what kind of man he wants to be.
This thrilling odyssey burns a highly flammable cocktail of love, hate, sex and death setting Errol's moral compass spinning. Is there any hope that he will find salvation?

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
82 mins
Director
Rob Sanders 1st Feature
Producer
Evangelou Kioussis
Executive Producer
Simon Baxter, John Glen, Anthony Jones
Editor
Max Downey
Screenwriter
Rob Sanders
Director of Photography
Martyna Knitter
Production Designer
Marco Puig
Principal cast
Jarrad Ellis-Thomas, Alexandra Weaver, Ryan Oliva, Georgina Beedle

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