Down to the Bone (2004)

Directed by

Debra Granik

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A working-class mother struggles with cocaine addiction while trying to keep her family together. Her life becomes a quiet battle between numbness and the harsh realities of recovery.

rawintimatebleakslow-burnvisceralunflinchinggrittycharacter-driven

What happens

Down to the Bone is a 2004 American independent drama film, directed by Debra Granik and written by Granik and Richard Lieske. It stars Vera Farmiga, who received a Best Actress Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her role as the drug addicted Irene. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 15, 2004, where it won the Director's Award (Granik) and the Special Jury Prize for Acting (Farmiga). The film received a limited release in the United States on November 25, 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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