Red Roses and Petrol

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Dysfunctional family drama and black comedy with Malcolm McDowell and Max Beesley. An Irish family comes together for the father's wake, rehashing old arguments and an old family secret.

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Tropes used in Red Roses and Petrol include:

• Ashes to Crashes: two instances: the kids dividing up dad's ashes in lunch boxes and a plastic bag, then Johnny mistakenly thinking the plastic bag is filled with cocaine and snorts part of it.
• Black Comedy
• Diary: father's video diaries discovered after his death
• The Fun in Funeral: Johnny's singing at the wake
• Oireland
• Talking to the Dead: Johnny to his dad's video diary