Leo Regan follows his friend, photographer Lanre Fehintola, as he tries to go cold turkey (detox) from heroin in his council flat and without medication.
Direction
Regan films his own complicity; no hero director here.
Practical Effects
Actual cold turkey in actual flat. No reenactment safety net.
Director
Leo Regan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fehintola was a celebrated photojournalist who documented his own addiction before Regan documented him; he died in 2011 from related health complications.
Released during New Labour's 'tough on drugs' era, the film subverted typical addiction narratives by refusing easy recovery arcs.
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