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The Needle (1988)

Original title: Игла

1988-09-16 · 1h 17m · RU
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Tsoi, drugs and Soviet rock.

Moro returns to Alma-Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition.

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Rashid NugmanovDirectorAleksandr BaranovWriterBakhyt KilibayevWriter

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Viktor TsoiViktor TsoiМоroMarina SmirnovaMarina SmirnovaDinaAleksandr BashirovAleksandr BashirovSpartakPyotr MamonovPyotr MamonovArturArchimed IskakovArchimed IskakovArchimed

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Moro returns to Alma-Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition.

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The Needle has a runtime of 77 minutes.

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