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Bobby G. Can't Swim (1999)
Directed by John-Luke Montias
Overview
Bobby G. lives life on the edge in this real, raw New York street drama. Bobby is a small-time coke dealer, always on the hustle but rarely successful. He lives in Hell’s Kitchen with his Puerto Rican girlfriend Lucy, who makes ends meet as a prostitute. A typical day finds Bobby selling $20 bags to neighborhood locals and passing cars. A yuppie kid looking to score a kilo of coke approaches him to broker a deal and Bobby sees the opportunity of a lifetime to make some real money. His rough days may just be over. With the tidy profit he could even leave the business. Playing out of his league, Bobby arranges to get the kilo from Astro, a fearsome, high-level drug dealer. Though Lucy announces that she’s decided to go back to Puerto Rico and pleads with him to make a fresh start too, Bobby is sticking to his deal and isn’t going anywhere now, convinced he’ll be ‘livin’ large in a matter a’ days…
Length 89 minutes
Actors
John-Luke Montias | Susan Mitchell | Vincent Vega | Norman Middleton | Gilbert Glenn Brown | Paul Maged | Andrew Rein | Donna Sonkin | Michael Gnat | Gene Ruffini | Anthony Caso | Steve Heinze | Bill Golodner | Rick Poli | Tom Flannagan | Veronica Bero | Cesar de León | Amro Salama | Wilemina Olivia Garcia