Movie
Overdose
Overview
Paco, the teenage son of a Civil Guard commander in Basque Country, becomes addicted to heroin.
Details
- Release date
- 1983-09-04
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Ópalo Films
- Country
- Spain
- Original language
- ES
Cast
- José Luis Manzano as Paco
- José Manuel Cervino as Evaristo Torrecuadrada
- Luis Iriondo as Martín Aramendía
- Javier García as Urko
- Enrique San Francisco as Mikel Orbea
- Andrea Albani as Betty
- Queta Ariel as Eulalia
- Marta Molins as Pilar
- Ovidi Montllor as El cojo
- Pedro Nieva Parola as Teniente Alcántara
- Alfred Lucchetti as Coronel
- Marta Pérez Ferrándiz
Crew
- Eloy de la Iglesia - Director
- Eloy de la Iglesia - Screenplay
- Gonzalo Goicoechea - Screenplay
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