The Needle (Igla)When Moro (Viktor Tsoy) visits an old girlfriend (Marina Smirnova), he discovers her descent into morphine addiction and decides to take on the criminals behind her exploitation.
Taking first prize at the Nuremberg Film Festival and seen by over 30 million people upon its release, Nugmanov's searing film was also one of the first to tackle the controversial issue of drug addiction in the Soviet Union.
A grimy, rock-infused time-capsule of Soviet society amidst Perestroika.
