Pure Shit

Four young heroin addicts scour the streets of Melbourne in search of some good-quality narcotics – or as they call it, 'pure shit’. In the space of 48 hours, a friend dies of an overdose, they are ripped off by criminals and arrested and assaulted by police. They bungle a break-in, get chased by hooligans and one is sent to a methadone clinic. The search for drugs veers between farce and tragedy, but it never stops.

5.6

83 min

Cast

Anne Hetherington

as Sandy

Helen Garner

as Jo

Carol Porter

as Gerry

Phil Motherwell

as Ed

John Laurie

as John

Gary Waddell

as Lou

James Williamson

as Orderly

Director

Bert Deling