Heaven Knows What
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| Directed by |
Ben Safdie Joshua Safdie |
| Produced by | Sebastian Bear-McClard Oscar Boyson |
| Written by |
Ronald Bronstein Joshua Safdie |
| Starring |
Arielle Holmes Buddy Duress Ron Braunstein Eleonore Hendricks Caleb Landry Jones Yuri Pleskun |
| Music by | Paul Grimstad Ariel Pink |
| Cinematography | Sean Price Williams |
| Edited by | Ronald Bronstein Ben Safdie |
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Iconoclast
Elara Pictures |
| Distributed by | RADiUS-TWC |
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Running time
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94 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Box office | $63,776 |
Heaven Knows What is a 2014 American-Frenchdrama 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 It is based on Holmes' unpublished memoir of her life as a homeless heroin addict living on the streets of New York City.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.
Harley (Arielle Holmes), a homeless girl in New York City, loves Ilya (Caleb Landry Jones). 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. After the attempted suicide, she is taken to hospital.
Harley leaves the psychiatric hospital and meets her friend Skully (Ron Braunstein). Skully tries to persuade Harley to break up with Ilya, but Harley doesn't listen to Skully. Harley goes meet a drug dealer Mike (Buddy Duress) and gets some drugs. Angry with Harley's attitude, Skully has a quarrel with her and goes away.
After spending a night with Mike, Harley starts living together with him. She makes a living by begging, shoplifting, and stealing. Some weeks later, Harley meets Ilya again. Mike fights a duel with Ilya at the park and gets injured. Treating his wound, Harley tells Mike that she still loves Ilya.
One night, Harley receives a phone call from one of her friends and goes to a fast-food restaurant. There, Ilya lies unconscious of a drug overdose at the restroom. Harley practices artificial respiration on Ilya, and Ilya comes back to life.
Falling in love again, Harley and Ilya get on the bus bound for Miami. While Harley is sleeping, Ilya gets off the bus alone and enters a vacant house. At night, the candle near his bed causes a fire, and Ilya is enveloped in flames.
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