Heaven Knows What
Filmfest 2015
USA 2014
Original version
(Original: English)
German Premiere
Director: Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie
Section: International Independents
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.
The script is based on a memoir written by leading actress Arielle Holmes. Sean Price Williams's cinematography expresses the clouded vision of kids who can't imagine how invisible they are to the New Yorkers who take their homes and jobs for granted. And the Safdie Brothers, in their toughest and richest movie, direct a cast composed largely of first-time actors so that they disappear into their characters, horrify us, and break our hearts.
Cast: Arielle Holmes, Caleb Landry Jones, Eleonore Hendricks, Ron Braunstein, Yuri Pleskun
Credits
Screenplay: Ronald Bronstein
Original Material: Arielle Holmes
Director of Photography: Sean Price Williams
Film Editor: Ronald Bronstein, Ben Safdie
Production Designer: Audrey Turner
Costume Design: Lexan Rosser
Sound: Jackie Westfall
Producer: Mourad Belkeddar
Co-Producer: Charles-Marie Anthonioz
Production Company: Iconoclast
Co-Production Company: Iconoclast
World Sales: Stray Dogs
Director: Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie
