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Trainspotting

Choose life.

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

19961h 34mRDrama, Crime

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About Trainspotting

Directors
Danny Boyle
Cast
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald
Genres
Drama, Crime
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

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