

Gia(1998)
Too beautiful to die. Too wild to live.
Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.

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Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.
Release Date
1998-01-31
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Too beautiful to die. Too wild to live.
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