What Doesn't Kill You (2008)

Directed by

Brian Goodman

Genre

drama film, heist film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 226 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two childhood friends fall into a life of crime working for the Irish Mob in South Boston. The story follows their struggles with loyalty, addiction, and the consequences of their choices.

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What happens

What Doesn't Kill You is a 2008 American crime drama loosely based on the true life story of the film's director Brian Goodman, detailing his own exploits involved with South Boston's Irish Mob. Starring Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo, it premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released on a very small scale in December 2008 due to the collapse of its distributor Yari Film Group. The title alludes to the Nietzsche quote Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker (What does not kill me makes me stronger). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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