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Arielle Holmes (born September 17, 1993) is an American actress and writer. She is best known for starring as a semi-fictionalized version of herself in the film Heaven Knows What (2014), based on an unpublished memoir she wrote at the behest of the film's directors, Josh and Benny Safdie.
Jul 2, 2015 · In April this year, he was found dead from an overdose in Central Park. Holmes entered rehab after the shoot and is now drug-free. When she was using drugs, she says, life seemed...
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May 21, 2015 · Arielle Holmes was a homeless junkie when she was “discovered.” Now she’s the lead in a movie based on her own life, and thinking maybe she’ll give this acting thing a go.
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Arielle Holmes was born on 17 September 1993 in Hollywood, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for American Honey (2016), Heaven Knows What (2014) and 2307: Winter's Dream (2016).
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Then, out of nowhere, Safdie saw Arielle Holmes: a young woman with striking eyes, and a face that seemed to tell a story, if not several. Instantly taken by her – and mistakenly presuming she was a “classic Russian Diamond District girl” – Safdie then struck up a friendship with this stranger. Over meals in Chinatown, the two would discuss stories...
Unlike Good Time and Uncut Gems, though, there is no actual plot to speak of in Heaven Knows What,no whiplash-inducing kinetic momentum that allows us any kind of reprieve from the chaos. The film merely attempts to reproduce the daily routine of someone who is in thrall to the terrible spell of heroin addiction. It does this without judgment or mo...
And yet, at the end of the day, Heaven Knows Whatis still Arielle Holmes’ story more than anyone else’s. It is impossible to imagine the movie without her at its center. Holmes, to her immense credit, never manipulatively courts audience sympathy, and her character, Harley, never behaves like anything other than a real, desperate young woman strugg...
May 29, 2015 · Holmes, a formerly homeless heroin addict from New Jersey, plays out her own life story as Harley, a street urchin clamouring for a fix and vying for the attention and admiration of her apathetic druggie boyfriend Ilya (Caleb Landry Jones). The screenplay is based on Holmes’ unpublished memoir Mad Love In New York City.
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May 29, 2015 · Heaven Knows What stars Arielle Holmes and is based on her experience as a homeless heroin addict in New York City. Courtesy of Radius-TWC. The title Mad Love in New York City makes Arielle...
