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Salvation

Outdoors. A man holds a mobile phone in front of him and records using the phone's camera.

Synopsis

A tenacious aspiring guru must go to extreme measures to pay off the debts he’s accrued from trying, and failing, to set up an online life-coaching business in a post-industrial Scottish town. Exploring the world of male influencer culture and how it might be affecting the young men who come into its orbit, SALVATION blends mounting tension, dark comedy and a forensic focus on its protagonist to explore the very modern story of a delusional life coach spiralling out of control.

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Features
Running time
91 min
Director
Tom Nicoll 1st Feature
Producer
Dom Riley, Tom Nicoll, Scott Trotter
Editor
Raluca Petre
Screenwriter
Tom Nicoll
Director of Photography
Alex Grigoras
Production Designer
Alice Cousins
Sound
Marian Balan
Composer
Salla Luhtala
Principal cast
Liam Harkins, Stephen McMillan, Kathleen McDermott, Conor McCarron

Genre

Drama Scottish Thriller

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Supported by Creative Scotland

Lane Films

6 Atholl Crescent
Perth
PH1 5JN

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