A David and Goliath story for the 21st century, the film documents the construction of a luxury golf course on one of Europe’s most environmentally sensitive stretches of coast in Scotland by developer Donald Trump and the subsequent struggles between the locals and him and Scottish legal and governmental authorities. Water and power is cut off, land disputes erupt, and some residents have thousands of tonnes of earth piled up next to their homes. Complaints go ignored by the police, who instead arrest the film’s director. Local exasperation comes to a surreal head as the now “Dr” Trump scoops up an honorary doctorate from a local university, even as his tractors turn wild, untouched dunes into fairways.
