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Tommy
UNITED KINGDOM · 1975

Tommy

Ken Russell
disability and trauma religious fanaticism pinball mastery sensory deprivation cult exploitation
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Synopsis

After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.

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