SPILT MILK follows the POV of eleven year old BOBBY O’BRIEN, a precocious and energetic boy obsessed with becoming a great detective like his TV hero KOJAK. Bobbys’ home is inner-city Dublin in 1984 - a place where BOBBY and his best pal NELL torment their family and friends as they set up their own private investigation enterprise. But when BOBBY’s big brother OISIN disappears, this story of childhood adventure stumbles into the darkness of addiction. A new drug, heroin, is ravaging his working class community and his mother MAURA is struggling to protect her family and shield him from the harsh reality of their world. Based on a true story, SPILT MILK challenges preconceptions about class and addiction as a community fights back against the dealers. SPILT MILK is a deeply moving film which tracks the end of innocence as Bobby unravels the mystery of his missing big brother and in doing so, discovers his own strength and the love of his family, friends and community.