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Believe in Me (1971)

Believe in Me (1971)

Drama Romance

Pamela knew that life without David was only existing. She also knew that life with him would destroy her.

Release Date: 1971, December 8
Directors: Stuart Hagmann
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Marcia Jean Kurtz, Kevin Conway, Antonio Fargas, Allen Garfield, Jacqueline Bisset, Jon Cypher, Michael Sarrazin, Ultra Violet, Roger Robinson, Susan Doukas, Kurt Dodenhoff

Overview:

Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable. His genuine concern for the patients in his charge marks him as a hot prospect in his internship program. Pamela works at a children's book publishing company. The two meet via Pamela's brother, who is also Remy's good friend. They fall in love and get an apartment in the East Village of New York. Soon after, the couple begins to indulge in speed and barbiturates. They become heavily addicted. Remy is thrown out of medical school and Pamela quits her job. Remy soon finds himself in debt with the local dealer, Stutter, who introduces his customer to heroin as a revenge for his late bill. Pamela faces the prospect of getting sober at her brother's clinic, but must leave behind a destitute Remy in order to do it.

Keywords:

drug addiction drug dealer quitting a job loss of job cocaine intern codependency fired from the job heroin addict medical student speed freak shooting up enabler medical intern