3 Needles (2005) on Netflix
In Montreal, porn actor Denys must pass a blood test. In rural China, Jin Ping pays villagers for their blood. In South Africa, a nun named Clara brings aid to a plantation.
- Netflix2.5/5
- IMDb6.3/101,419 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes36%
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Plot summary
In three parts, the film follows people living with the AIDS epidemic. In Montreal, Denys, a porn actor, learns he may be HIV positive and looks for a way around the monthly blood test his work requires. In rural China, Jin Ping, heavily pregnant, buys blood from the villagers she visits, offering five dollars a share, while rice farmer Tong Sam cannot donate because he is sick. On a South African plantation, the nuns Clara, Mary and Hilde arrive to give aid, and Clara takes on the care of a young rape victim and her family, seeking help from the owner, Hallyday, who makes advances toward her.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 3 Needles (2005)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The U.S. release of 3 Needles was a new director's cut that rearranged the film's narrative panels consecutively, a change Variety's Dennis Harvey called still flawed but greatly improved in coherency.
