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Dope

1968 · 90 min

A grim, immersive plunge into sixties counterculture that watches a bright young life curdle into addiction with sobering intimacy.

Overview
A feature documentary about a young girl's descent into drugs. Shot in 1960s London, we see Caroline, a ravishing sixties naif, become a junkie, caught in the contemporary drug culture of the age.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • identity
  • death
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
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Written by
Sheldon Rochlin, Diane Rochlin
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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