A dreamer goes to save lives, Bolivia crushes him, heroin almost finishes the job.
David Trueman is a young doctor who dreams of going to South America to practice medicine among the disenfranchised. Arriving in Bolivia, he encounters enough corruption and oppression to drive him away from his dreams and into the drug scene. Disillusioned and escaping to the U.S., he meets Mary, a young heroin addict who shares his angst. As the two commiserate, their bleak outlook lightens, promising a glimmer of hope for the both of them.
Acting
Joey Kennedy's raw, unvarnished desperation.
Direction
Pringle's unflinching eye for human wreckage.
Director
Ian Pringle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Ian Pringle never made another feature after this, vanishing into Australian obscurity despite critical praise.
Shot during Australia's 1980s indie boom, it captures a specific moment when filmmakers thought heroin addiction was honest cinema.
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