Local hero

Apparently someone thought buying a village would be easy. An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to purchase a village for a refinery. It predictably gets complicated.

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Bill Forsyth directed Local hero in 1983. See Bill Forsyth's full filmography, where to start with Bill Forsyth, or where to go after you've seen everything by Bill Forsyth.

Local hero was released in 1983 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 111 minutes.