Heroin ( Heroína )

Heroin (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Heroína
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Goya Awards
Malaga Spanish Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
103 min + 80 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Documentary
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Gerardo Herrero

Written By:
Gerardo Herrero
Ángeles González Sinde

Actors:
Adriana Ozores ..... Pilar
Javier Pereira ..... Fito
Carlos Blanco ..... Germán
María Bouzas ..... Fina
Mercedes Castro ..... Sofía
Rosa Álvarez ..... Teresa
Camila Bossa ..... Gloria
Miguel Bua ..... Esteban
César Cambeiro ..... José
Estela Freire ..... Juanjo
Luis Iglesia ..... Doro
Carlos Sante ..... Legionario
Lois Soaxe ..... Manuel
Víctor Vázquez

Synopsis:

In the 1980's, Pilar, an ordinary woman, married, about forty years, discovers that one of their three children are addicted to heroin. After an initial period of uncertainty, Pilar contact with other parents in similar situations who come to a precarious Civic Center helps the addict, but soon realizes that many things have to change in and out of home so your child can be saved. Thus was born the desire to do more than complain and starts along with other parents, but especially mothers, an arduous journey of withdrawal of drug trafficking in Galicia.

It is the 1980's. Pilar is about 40, a middle-class wife and mother of three. Her completely ordinary life changes when she must face the greatest challenge ever: one of her children is addicted to heroin. She feels guilt and shame at first. Then her son turns into a delinquent and her family suffers irreparable harm. At that point, Pilar becomes determined to do much more than just suffer in silence. Along with other parents, she begins the long hard fight against drug trafficking in Galicia, where the dealers go unpunished., HEROINE is the story of a mere handful of mothers and fathers who wage an epic battle against those with political and economic power, as well as a large part of society, as they fight to prove that drug-addicts are victims., It is also the story of Pilar and her son Fito. His youth goes to waste in prisons that people leave in worse shape than they entered, run by a justice system blind to the fact that these new prisoners are people with an illness, not delinquents. Fito and Pilar's relationship is as stormy and contradictory as their struggle to survive...

In the 80s, the middle-class Pilar, married with three children, experiences an about-turn from completely normal existence to having to deal with the biggest problem in her life: one of her sons is addicted to heroin. Getting over the initial shock, Pilar sets out along with other mothers and fathers on a heroic struggle against power and society itself in the endeavor to change the way the people of the time see drug addicts and trafficking.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 24 February, 2006.

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