Drinking Crude

Drinking Crude

1997 · 84 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama

After failing school, 18 year old Irishman leaves his small town in Kerry to find work. In London, he finds a job at an oil refinery and befriends a crude Scottish worker, but soon starts thinking about going back to school. One day, the job sends him and his Scottish friend back to Kerry. There, tensions rise.

Directed by Owen McPolin · Written by Owen McPolin

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