Aficinado

2018, 11 minutes

Teenager's involvement in drugs in order to cope with family trauma.

The short film portrays the sad reality that we still experience in the world today. From a very young age Nik's parents have been at war with each other. When her father decides to leave the family it affects Nik dramatically. Being a teenager Nik goes down a dark path, and begins to use drugs to cope with her loss. Without any financial support she sells her body to get what she wants. Nik's mother finds drugs in her bag, which escalates the situation to a physical fight between the two, where one of them gets badly hurt.

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