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Drinking Crude

1997 · 84 min

A quiet, grounded coming-of-age drama about work and friendship, drifting between two places with a low-key sense of unease.

Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • coming-of-age
    • friendship
    • class
    • identity
    Places
    • small town
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Owen McPolin
    Written by
    Owen McPolin
    Starring
    Andrew Scott, James Quarton, Eva Birthistle, Colin Farrell, Heather Craney, Maria Hayden, Sarah Pilkington, Darren Monks
    Music
    Bill Corkey
    Cinematography
    Ossie McLean
    Runtime
    84 min
    Country
    Ireland, United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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