Filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie are bringing their film “Heaven Knows What” to SXSW. The film, starring “X-Men: First Class” star Caleb Landry-Jones and Arielle Holmes in her acting debut, focuses on Holmes’ tough real life experiences.
“Harley loves Ilya. He gives her life purpose, 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.
In HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT, by celebrated filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie (LENNY COOKE, DADDY LONGLEGS), Arielle Holmes is Harley in her searing film debut, based on her real-life story of l’amour fou, heroin addiction, and scraping by on the streets of New York City.
Co-starring Caleb Landry-Jones (X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, BYZANTIUM) as Ilya, street legend Buddy Duress, and gore rap phenom Necro.”
“Heaven Knows What” has played at Venice 2014, TIFF 2014 and NYFF 2014, with reviews from The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter and The Village Voice stating such accolades as that the film “dares you to look away,” is “visually intoxicating” and is “tragic, surprising and viscerally stimulating,” respectively. The film will be playing at SXSW this year and, for everyone else who won’t be able to see it at the festival, the film will be released in theaters this spring. You can watch the trailer below the post.
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