

That Was Then... This Is Now(1985)
Life as a teenager isn't always easy.
A delinquent teenager's only link to society is the attachment he feels towards an older brother-figure. When the older boy starts spending time with a new girlfriend, the teenager begins to feel even more alienated, and gets involved with drugs and the police.


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