Before Trainspotting, Rome had this unflinching junkie odyssey that'll wreck your weekend.
Acting
Non-professional cast lived this reality—raw, unpolished, devastating.
Direction
Caligari's documentary approach blurs fiction and vérité.
Director
Claudio Caligari
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Caligari cast actual heroin users from Rome's Ostia district; lead actor Cesare Ferretti died from overdose shortly after filming.
The 'heroin chic' aesthetic this influenced peaked a decade later in fashion photography, completely missing the point.
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