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Dreaming

Dreaming

1991 · 90 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama, TV Movie

Unemployed Ayrshire teenager Sammy Nelson is a dreamer, using his vivid imagination to conjure up a gallery of heroes. But far from simply providing an escape from grim reality, his dreams become weapons to confront it. With appearances by Deacon Blue, Billy Connolly and Marianne Faithful

Directed by Mike Alexander · Written by William McIlvanney

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