IMDb plot summary: A young woman struggles to reconcile her loves of her life: her boyfriend and heroin. She finds out that suicide is the only way for her boyfriend to forgive her for her misdeed.
Directed by Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie. Starring Arielle Holmes, Caleb Landry Jones, Buddy Duress, and Necro.
Heaven Knows What is a Safdie Brothers film showing a few days in the life of a homeless drug addict. It's a brutal and unforgiving film that left me in a deep funk after I finished it -- it is that depressing. It's based on the real life experiences of Arielle Holmes, who the Safdie Brothers met while she was living on the streets and they were working on what would become Uncut Gems. Holmes in fact plays the main character and lends a layer of authenticity that makes it even more upsetting to watch -- she speaks in an interview about essentially scheduling her drug usage around the scenes she was filming. The film is a far cry from the elaborate plot threads in Good Time or Uncut Gems but hits much harder emotionally. It's a devastating watch.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Heaven Knows What > The Lighthouse
Heaven Knows What < Match Point
Heaven Knows What < The Terminal
Heaven Knows What < A Star Is Born (1954)
Heaven Knows What > Skyfall
Heaven Knows What > Mr. Nice Guy
Heaven Knows What < 300
Heaven Knows What > Kiss the Girls
Heaven Knows What > Hail, Caesar!
Heaven Knows What > Swingers
Heaven Knows What > The Mummy (1999)
Heaven Knows What > The Wrestler
Final spot: #1430 out of 3209, or 55%.
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