The Needle

IMDb link: 0097561
IMDb rating: 6.9 (3,397 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Drama
Director: Rashid Nugmanov
Cast: Pyotr Mamonov, Aleksandr Bashirov, Viktor Tsoy, Marina Smirnova and others

Release date: 1 Feb 1989
Release year: 1988
Runtime: 81 minutes
Country: Soviet Union
Keywords: hare krishna, russia, scorpion, raised middle finger, drug addict, masked woman, opioid withdrawal, gash in the face, cigarette smoking, drug addiction

Plot:

Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition. But Moro finds a deadly opponent in "the doctor," the mafia kingpin who is exploiting Dina.

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