TREACLE JR

Year: 2010
UK: Soda Pictures
Cast: Aidan Gillen, Tom Fisher, Riann Steele, Carrie Cohen, Lucas Hansen
Director: Jamie Thraves
Country: UK
UK: 85 mins
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language, once very strong, and strong sex
UK Release Date: 15 July 2011 (Limited Release)

Synopsis

A seemingly happily married family man, Tom Evans deserts his life in the Midlands and moves down to live on the bleak streets of London. Tom appears to be seeking some kind of solace but not long after arriving in London a violent incident causes Tom to seek medical care in a hospital.

While in A&E Tom meets the harmless, child-like Aidan, a happy, fast-talking individual who’s the antithesis of Tom. Aidan follows his new 'friend', Tom around when they leave the hospital, and Tom seems unable to lose him. As Tom is drawn into Aidan's world, he quickly realises that Aidan’s problems threaten to envelope him. Aidan's 'girlfriend' Linda is both violent and manipulative, and Tom is drawn into an unlikely and dangerous new 'family'.

Will Tom be able to overcome his own problems and help Aidan as well? Will he ever return to his own family and why exactly did he leave home in the first place?