Treacle Jr.

One day Tom walks out of his house. He leaves his wife and his small son behind. He tells nobody why he is going. He starts living on the streets of London. One night he is attacked in a park. Running away he collides with a tree. In the emergency room he meets Aidan. Aidan is talkative and cheerful. Tom is quiet and closed in. The man wants to get rid of him. But Aidan will not let go. Without meaning to, Tom is drawn into his life. Aidan has troubles of his own. He does everything he can not to see them. Aidan Gillen and Tom Fisher take the leads in Jamie Thraves’s British film of 2010.