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Painkillers (2018)

Painkillers poster
Directed by
Roxy Shih
Genre
drama film
Country
Belgium
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
3.7 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman struggles with chronic pain and becomes dependent on pills. She begins to question the motives of the people around her as she uncovers disturbing truths.

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What happens

Painkillers is a 2018 Belgian drama thriller film directed by Roxy Shih and written by Giles Daoust. The film stars Adam Huss, Madeline Zima and Mischa Barton. It was produced by Lone Suspect and Title Media. Kew Media acquired the title to present it to distributors at the European Film Market in Berlin in February 2018. The film premiered on 12 April 2018 at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. It had a limited theatrical release in the United States on 31 January 2019 before becoming available on VOD platforms on 4 February. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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