Trainspotting (1996)

A kinetic, intimate look inside the subculture of heroin abuse, this acclaimed adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows the misadventures of Renton, a brash, twenty-something Edinburgh junkie, and his nihilistic chums Tommy, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie. Alternately comic and off-putting, the film ultimately comes down to Renton's choice between self-destruction or life. The stellar soundtrack should not be missed.

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Trainspotting vertelt het verhaal van de werkloze Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) die samen met zijn zogenaamde vrienden het alledaagse leven in Edinburgh kleur probeert te geven. Hun leven bestaat voornamelijk uit bier drinken, uitgaan, drugs en voetballen. Dat is hun manier om de jaren '90 door te komen. Door verschillende gebeurtenissen besluit Mark te kiezen voor een nieuw leven dat hij los van zijn verleden op wil bouwen in Londen. Als één van zijn vroegere vrienden, Begbie (Robert Carlyle), in Edinburgh in moeilijkheden komt, zoekt hij onderdak bij Mark. Wanneer ook de anderen naar Londen komen, lijkt Mark onde...
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Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with few prospects and fewer ambitions, lives in economically depressed Edinburgh. Like most of his friends, Renton is a heroin addict who loves the drug's blissful nothingness; financing his habit also provides excitement and challenges that his life otherwise lacks. Renton's two best friends are also junkies: Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), a snappy dresser obsessed with James Bond, and Spud (Ewan Bremner), a guileless nerd who suggests Pee Wee Herman's debauched cousin. Renton and his pals also hang out with Begbie (Robert Carlyle), a borderline psychotic who loathes junki...
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es even though he drinks like a fish. After one too many brushes with the law, Renton kicks heroin and moves to London, where he finds a job, a flat, and something close to peace of mind. However, Sick Boy, Begbie, and Spud all arrive at his doorstep on the trail of a big score, leading Renton back into drugs and crime.
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