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Blackeyes (1989)

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Genre
drama, mystery
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 4 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A writer's novel about a model takes on a life of its own and blurs with reality. The story follows the women in his life as their experiences and identities become tangled with the fictional narrative.

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What happens

Blackeyes is a four-part BBC television drama first broadcast in 1989, written and directed by Dennis Potter. It was adapted from Potter's novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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