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Jul 04, 2014
Rosemary
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A series of scenes from the points of view of young drug addicts and their friends and acquaintances, set mostly in the poorer districts of Edinburgh, in the 1980s. Mark Renton staggers from one heroin hit to the next, via long drinking sessions with 'friends' he doesn't much like, and clean times when he might manage to keep a job and/or a girlfriend for a while. There's a lot of drug use, obviously, often bringing HIV infection. There's violence, child neglect, and criminal behaviour of all ki
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Jessica Haider
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Karina
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May 13, 2011
Charisma
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Feb 27, 2016
Sorobai
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Megan Polley
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Dec 28, 2017
Jamie Barringer (Ravenmount)
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