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Junk(1999)
Status: Released
Date: 1999-01-15
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Time: 1h 30m
Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn’t want to be tied down - not to anyone or anything. Gemma wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, somehow, finally, you have to come down
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Bafta-winning drama. Following difficulties with her parents, teenager Gemma Brogan leaves home. She falls under the spell of a young woman who introduce her to the world of alternative youth culture and drugs. Initially her new life seems glamorous and exciting but she soon discovers its dark side as she slides uncontrollably into heroin addiction.
Languages: English.
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United Kingdom
Movie: Junk
Top 10 Billed Cast
Trevor Byfield
Skolly
Anita Dobson
Mrs Lawson
Lee Ingleby
Rob
David Mallinson
Mr Lawson
Daniel Newman
Tar Lawson
Susan Penhaligon
Mrs Brogan
Jemima Rooper
Gemma Brogan
David Schofield
Mr Brogan
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Bafta-winning drama. Following difficulties with her parents, teenager Gemma Brogan leaves home. She falls under the spell of a young woman who introduce her to the world of alternative youth culture and drugs. Initially her new life seems glamorous and exciting but she soon discovers its dark side as she slides uncontrollably into heroin addiction.
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1999-01-15
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Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn’t want to be tied down - not to anyone or anything. Gemma wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, somehow, finally, you have to come down
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