Morphine (2008)

Original title

Морфий

Directed by

Aleksei Balabanov

Genre

drama film

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

18+

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young doctor in rural Russia around 1917 becomes addicted to morphine. The film follows his psychological and physical decline as his dependence deepens.

bleakslow-burncerebralunsettlingmelancholicvisually starkintimate

What happens

Morphine (Russian: Морфий, romanized: Morphiy) is a 2008 Russian film directed by Aleksei Balabanov, using the script by Sergei Bodrov Jr., loosely based on the semi-autobiographical short stories by Mikhail Bulgakov. The 1925–1926 short stories themselves were inspired by Bulgakov's experiences as a newly graduated young doctor in 1916–18. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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