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Crush (1992)

Crush poster
Directed by
Alison Maclean
Genre
LGBTQ-related film
Country
New Zealand
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A New Zealand writer crashes his car while drunk and is taken in by two women. One of the women is his host and the other is a troubled teenage girl. A complicated and obsessive relationship develops between the writer and the girl.

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What happens

Crush is a 1992 New Zealand drama film directed by Alison Maclean. It was winner of four film awards and was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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