Smart, funny, sickly and sometimes just plain unconscious, Mark Renton is a hero for our times. Set in an underbelly of Edinburgh the city fathers never dreamed “Trainspotting” is the story of Mark and his so-called friends – a bunch of losers, liars, psychos, thieves and junkies.
Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of their friendship as they proceed, seemingly inevitably, towards self-destruction. Mark alone has the insight and opportunity to escape his fate – but then again, does he really want to ‚choose life‘?
Danny Boyle’s cinematic masterpiece is based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh and tells the story of a group of young heroin addicts in Edinburgh. A pop culture phenomenon that perfectly sets the scene for the 1990s in Scotland and its drug scene on the fringes of society.
“Trainspotting” is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a brand-new 4K restoration supervised by the director himself!