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Through the Needle

Original title: Caur Adatu
  • 2014
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
1.2K
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Through the Needle (2014)
RussianBiographyDocumentaryDrama

Biographical story about a 23 year old guy who is a heroin addict, and how it's ruining his life.Biographical story about a 23 year old guy who is a heroin addict, and how it's ruining his life.Biographical story about a 23 year old guy who is a heroin addict, and how it's ruining his life.

  • Director
    • Arturs Lapinskis
  • Stars
    • Edijs Vitolins
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.7/10
    1.2K
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    • Director
      • Arturs Lapinskis
    • Stars
      • Edijs Vitolins
    • 2User reviews
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    9uldovich

    The mental victory

    A powerful source of motivation - what kind of effort is needed to overcome difficulties and see the actual mental growth of a person.
    10baloditis-32234

    very powerful story

    Saw this movie a few years ago on youtube and never thought I would have any connection to this documentary. I'm completely clean, have never been addicted. For now I have a friend who stopped heroin year ago. He stopped after clinical death, his mother put him on Minessota programme after that he gradually stopped. I Watched this movie again and again to understand my friend better. After stopping nothing ends - it's a fight for a rest of life to not fall again, so It's better to not start. Think it's a great movie for students, young people not starting yet and to addicted people to see themselves from the sidelines and people supporting addicted persons. This movie should be seen in schools. I'm glad that this movie is also available for free on youtube for everyone.

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      This movie was made and exactly these people were depicted in it, because the main character Eddie (Edijs) was a classmate of one of the producers Edgar. When Eddie's friend heard of his situation and possible jail time, and as far as Edgar and his colleague had previous experience from making youtube videos, he knew that there's a chance to possibly change someone's life forever.

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    • Release date
      • February 14, 2014 (Latvia)
    • Country of origin
      • Latvia
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • Latvian
    • Also known as
      • Через иглу
    • Filming locations
      • Latvia(Riga)
    • Production company
      • EDART.TV
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 14m(74 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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