New York based writer Gwen Cummings knows that she drinks a lot, doesn't believe it's a problem, and if she finally decides that it is that she could stop drinking without issue. She and her live-in boyfriend Jasper fuel each other's hyperactivity with this excessive alcohol consumption, "a normal life" which is not in either's vocabulary for themselves. Between Gwen and her older straight-laced sister Lily, Gwen more closely resembles who was their larger than life mother, who was also an addict and who died when they were children. Lily believes that Gwen's alcohol consumption makes her a difficult if not impossible person to love. While Gwen is in a drunken stupor at Lily's wedding, Gwen causes one issue after another, ruining the day for Lily. Gwen is forced to examine her drinking with the culmination of bad events she caused at the wedding, leading to her being court ordered to enter into rehab for twenty-eight days, which is only marginally more tolerable an idea to her than the alternative, which is jail. For Gwen to make any progress, she has to acknowledge that she has a problem which requires the support during those twenty-eight days not only of the facility's staff, but also the other patients, each who is going through his/her own issue with respect to the demons of addiction. If she does eventually acknowledge the problem, she will also have to reconcile the events of her life with Lily, and come to the realization that a life with Jasper is not in her best interest if she has any chance of surviving outside of the facility after those twenty-eight days.
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28 Days (2000)
Dutch
Gwen Cummings is een succesvolle New Yorkse schrijfster, die er een wild
uitgaanspatroon op na houdt. Ze duikt op in alle trendy clubs en is in
beschonken toestand te vinden op elk feestje. Haar leven neemt een radicale
wending wanneer ze op het huwelijksfeest van haar zus Lily volledig door
het lint gaat. Ze wordt veroordeeld tot een afkickkuur van 28 dagen in een
ontwenningskliniek. Gwen moet zich houden aan een strikt schema vol regels
en afspraken. Ze komt al snel in conflict met zichzelf en alle andere
patiënten. Maar de cynische Gwen wil zich niet neerleggen bij de normale
gang van zaken in het instituut.
English
After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's
wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center.
She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any o
the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has
an alcohol addiction. After getting to know some of the other patients,
Gwen gradually begins to re-examine her life and see that she does, in fact,
have a serious problem. The path to recovery will not be easy, and success
will not be guaranteed or even likely, but she is now willing to give it
a try.
Post Information
Source............: RETAIL
Formaat...........: DVD5
Video.............: PAL / 16:9
Audio.............: Dolby Digital 5.1
Genre.............: Comedy / Drama
Subs..............: Dutch
Menu..............: Yes
Publication.Year..: 2000
Cover.&.label.....: Yes
Audio.............: Englisch
RunningTime.......: 103 minutes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0191754/
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