Local Hero
THE STORY OF AN ORDINARY MAN IN AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE.
ComedyDramasmall townpetrolscotlandvillage lifevillagefolk musichouston, texasoilrabbitmillionaireblack goldseaside town
A warmly comic fish-out-of-water story about an American corporate emissary who arrives in a Scottish village to exploit it, only to be charmed and transformed by its community and natural beauty.
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
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