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Heaven Knows What is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joshua et Ben Safdie released in USA on 29 may 2015 with Necro

Heaven Knows What (2016)

Heaven Knows What
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Released in USA 29 may 2015
Length 1h34
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating67% 3.397243.397243.397243.397243.39724

Heaven Knows What is a 2014 American drama film directed by Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie and written by Ronald Bronstein and Joshua Safdie. The film stars Arielle Holmes, Buddy Duress, Ron Braunstein, Eleonore Hendricks, Caleb Landry Jones and Yuri Pleskun. The film was released on May 29, 2015, by RADiUS-TWC. It is based on Holme's unpublished memoir of her life as a homeless heroin addict living on the streets of New York City. She was spotted panhandling by director Josh Safdie, who developed her story into the film. The film is dedicated to Ilya Leontyev, Holmes' boyfriend in the film (played by Caleb Landry Jones), who died of an overdose in Central Park in April 2015.

Synopsis

Harley loves Ilya. He gives her life purpose and sets her passion ablaze. So, when he asks her to prove her love by slitting her wrists, she obliges with only mild hesitation, perhaps because of her other all-consuming love: heroin.

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Necro

(Skully)
Arielle Holmes

(Harley)
Caleb Landry Jones

(Ilya Leontyev)
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