Tag: heroin addict
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Jesus’ Son
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
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Requiem for a Dream
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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Sherrybaby
After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry’s family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry’s ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.
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Using
Documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao examines the complicated relationship between two drug addicts who become dealers over the course of three years. Shot in the city of Guangzhou, the film offers a rare look into China’s unknown heroin subculture.
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Heaven Knows What
A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
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6 Balloons
Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.
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The Brutalist
Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van…