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Posted on June 22, 2019

The Souvenir (2019)

A young female film maker enters into a romance that sours when the man turns out to be a heroin addict.

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Born to Be Blue (2016)

When thugs smash West Coast jazzman Chet Baker’s mouth & teeth, he makes a comeback with the help of his wife, though he still is addicted to heroin.

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