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Using(2007)
Status: Released
Date: 2007-11-01
64%
13 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
Overview:
Documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao examines the complicated relationship between two drug addicts who become dealers over the course of three years. Shot in the city of Guangzhou, the film offers a rare look into China's unknown heroin subculture.
Languages: Mandarin.
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China
Movie: Using
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Documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao examines the complicated relationship between two drug addicts who become dealers over the course of three years. Shot in the city of Guangzhou, the film offers a rare look into China's unknown heroin subculture.
Release Date
2007-11-01
Average
6.4
Rating:
3.2 startsTagline
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