Film

Trainspotting 1996

Directed by Danny Boyle

  • Drama, Crime
  • 94 min
  • R

Choose life.

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

DramaCrimedrug dealerfriendshiplondon, englanddrug abusebased on novel or bookscotlandheroindrug addictionanti herojunkienightclubcold turkey

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