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6.8/10
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A young woman struggles to reconcile her love for her boyfriend and for heroin, as she finds out that suicide is the only way for her boyfriend to forgive her for her misdeed.A young woman struggles to reconcile her love for her boyfriend and for heroin, as she finds out that suicide is the only way for her boyfriend to forgive her for her misdeed.A young woman struggles to reconcile her love for her boyfriend and for heroin, as she finds out that suicide is the only way for her boyfriend to forgive her for her misdeed.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 12 nominations
Manny Aguila
- Evan
- (as Manny Aguila and as Manny Anguila)
Eleonore Hendricks
- Erica
- (as Eléonore Hendricks)
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- TriviaThe lead, Arielle Holmes lived on the streets of NYC prior to this film and after being discovered by Josh Safdie, she wrote and texted him almost every situation and story she experienced via her heroin addiction, her tragic relationship with Ilya and life on the streets of NYC. When the film began shooting, Arielle Holmes got clean and remained clean throughout the shoot.
- GoofsIn the scene after Ilya hitchhikes, he is seen dropping the paper surrounding his DayQuil bottle on the floor. In the next scene when he drinks from it again, the paper is still surrounding the bottle.
- ConnectionsFeatures Ma Đinh IX: Khải Huyền (2011)
- SoundtracksThe Demon Dance Of Doc Death
(Opening credits music)
Written and performed by Paul Grimstad
Original music for the film
Mysteroid Music (ASCAP)
Featured review
Depressing yes, but never exploitative.
Before hitting the big time with "Good Time", the Safdie Brothers made this uncompromising Indie gem about heroin addicts in New York based on the real-life experiences of leading actress Arielle Holmes. "Heaven Knows What" is like a 21st century version of "Panic in Needle Park" and it deserves to be just as well known. It's certainly not an easy watch but Holmes and co-stars Caleb Landry Jones and Buddy Duress are superb and you can tell the Safdies definitely had a future ahead of them. This might be off-kilter and low budget but it feels as if they had been making films for years. As "Good Time" finally showed, they have an unerring visual sense even when dealing with material as downbeat and as depressing as this and some scenes almost have a look of magic realism to them. With Holmes virtually playing herself we could just as easily be watching a documentary. The Brothers also inject a good deal of humanity into the material so while it is certainly depressing it never feels exploitative.
- MOscarbradley
- Aug 21, 2019
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $80,734
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,862
- May 31, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $84,417
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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