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Poster for Addiction

Addiction

2024 · 10 min

A short, gritty plunge into youth drug culture that feels tense, raw, and quietly bleak.

Directed by
Jonty Ross
Genres
Action, Drama, Crime
Starring
Lonan Ross, Devin Noonan, Peter Byrne
Tagline
Time to fucking party!
Overview
Based on the growing drug epidemic among young people in Limerick Ireland, Dominic, a teenage boy, gets dragged into the world of youth drugs and organised crime following a night out.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Jonty Ross
Genres
Action, Drama, Crime
Starring
Lonan Ross, Devin Noonan, Peter Byrne
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • crime
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
  • corruption
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
action, drama, crime
Directed by
Jonty Ross
Written by
Jonty Ross
Starring
Lonan Ross, Devin Noonan, Peter Byrne, Keeley Hartigan, Matthew Hogan, Ava Ross, Jonty Ross, Caspar Roewer
Runtime
10 min
Languages
English

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