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Sid and Nancy

1986 · 114 min

A raw, tragic love story that immerses you in punk squalor and drug-fueled obsession, leaving a haunting sense of waste and tenderness.

Tagline: Love Kills.
Overview: January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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
love
obsession
death
grief
Places: big city
road trip
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	3
Horror	4
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	7
Tension	6
Darkness	9
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Alex Cox
Written by: Alex Cox, Abbe Wool
Starring: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Andrew Schofield, Xander Berkeley, Perry Benson, Tony London
Music: Joe Strummer, Dan Wool
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Runtime: 114 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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