The Needle

Name: The Needle
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1989-02-13
Duration: 76 min
Cast: Viktor Tsoi, Grigorij Jepshtejn, Rustem Tashibaev, Aleksandr Bashirov, Archimed Iskakov

Tsoi, drugs and Soviet rock.

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Release Date

2/13/1989

Runtime

76 mins

Genres

Thriller Drama Mystery

Overview

Moro returns to Alma-Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

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A gritty Soviet-era drama where a man returns home to find his former lover trapped in addiction, forcing him into a dangerous confrontation with the drug underworld. It's a taut, uncompromising portrait of personal struggle set against institutional corruption.