Treacle Jr

United Kingdom 2010, 85 mins
Director: Jamie Thraves
Starring: Aidan Gillen

Synopsis

Forty-year-old Tom (Fisher, THE YOUNG VICTORIA) has what most people would consider a cosy life.

One day, however, he unexpectedly turns his back on his wife and baby son and winds up sleeping rough on the streets of London. After being turned over by a gang of young thugs one night, Tom finds himself in hospital where he meets his polar-opposite, Aidan (Gillen, WAKE WOOD), a fast-talking, carefree chap who Tom soon realises is in need of a friend.

After seeing how bad Aidan's home problems are, Tom begins to pine for the life he left behind. But why did he run away in the first place, and is it too late for him to go back?