desertfilmsociety
presents

RED ROSES AND PETROL


Saturday, January 3, 2004

9:00 am - Camelot Theatre Doors Open
Coffee & Muffins Available

9:20 am -  Introduction of Film

9:30 am -  Screening Begins

Q&A Session following Screening
with
writer/director Tamar Simon Hoffs
in attendance

DFS 2004 Members use Membership Card
Non-Members - $15.00 per person

Story
An estranged Irish clan reunites for the funeral of family patriarch, Enda Doyle, a poet, university librarian and failed writer with a hidden past.  In one cold and rainy night an Irish family's scars, secrets and shared experiences are contrarily recalled, as a box of unmarked videotapes made by Enda over the last year of his life is discovered.
The film's world premiere took place at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival on November 13, 2003.

Starring
Malcolm McDowell, Olivia Tracey, Heather Juergenson, Max Beesley, Greg Ellis, Susan Lynch, Catherine Farrell, Sean Lawlor, Robert Easton and Aubrey Morris

Drama
Sex-oriented language, with Irish Accents
Run Time:  97 Minutes

Directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs.
Screenplay by Tamar Simon Hoffs and Gail Stayden
Based on the Play by Joseph O'Connor
Produced by Tamar Simon Hoffs, Gail Stayden, Georganne Aldrich Heller and Alfred Sapse

Links:

redrosesandpetrol.com

Tamar Simon Hoffs

Joseph O'Connor