Trainspotting (1996)
Release Date
1996-02-23
Rating
8
Duration
94 min
Countries
Keywords
drug dealer friendship london england based on novel or book scotland heroin drug addiction anti hero junkie nightclub cold turkey dark comedy edinburgh scotland modern society hallucination surrealism stealing drug rehabilitation drug dealing drugs schoolgirl recovering addict illegal drugs social realism aggressive drug culture irreverent provocative
Qualities
Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.
