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...nchez' appealingly altered portrait of a young junkie and dope pusher evokes sympathy mainly by pushing the film's thesis that most such cases stem from "lack of affection." Producer-Director Jerónimo Mitchell Melendez ignores complex social and psychological factors when he suggests that most addicts turn to the needle to tranquilize Oedipal anguish. But despite his sociological hokum, he projects a sordid milieu with grim documentary accuracy...