"Dutch Junkies" tells two compelling stories about modern day addiction. Teenage girls obsessed over chat rooms and grand parents on hard drugs.

In "Emoticons", Saskia is tormented at school and only finds comfort in violent videogames. Sanne writes poetry about her loneliness on the web. Samantha, a rape victim, gives other rape victims advice. The three girls cannot live without chat rooms. The computer is their "daily food". They have submerged themselves in a virtual world that has become more important than the ordinary one.

In "There Goes My Heart", we enter the first home for elderly drug addicts in the Netherlands. These senior citizens have done hard drugs for over 40 years. The home provides them room and drugs- of their choice. This story portrays their helpless attachment to the illusion that one day their lives will improve.


CAT# PH-91999 - $24.98

Dcumentary
NR / 2006 / 113 minutes
Country: Netherland
Language: Dutch
with English subtitles