3 Needles
Genres
Overview
A three-paneled look at the worldwide AIDS crisis: in Montreal, a porn actor schemes to pass his mandatory blood test; a young nun makes a personal sacrifice for the benefit of a South African village; in rural China, a black market operative posing as a government-sanctioned blood drawer jeopardizes an entire village's safety
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
127 min
Release Date
2005-09-09
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
16
Vote Average
6.3
Chloë Sevigny
Clara the Novice
Shawn Ashmore
Denys
Stockard Channing
Olive Cowie
Lucy Liu
Jin Ping
Olympia Dukakis
Hilde
Simone-Elise Girard
Porn Actor
Chin Han
Soldier Xuan
Sandra Oh
Mary the Nun
Sook-Yin Lee
Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife
Tyson Hall
Rapist
Pierre Leblanc
Eggs Benny Guy
Steven Crowder
Depanneur Manager
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