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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is best known for starring as a semi-fictionalized version of herself in the film Heaven Knows What (2014), based on an unpublished memoir she wrote at the behest of the film's directors, Josh and Benny Safdie.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 · Drugs, destruction and movie glory: how Arielle Holmes rose from the streets | Drama films | The Guardian. ‘I learned a lot from that life’: Arielle Holmes, who stars in Heaven Knows What...
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Arielle Holmes is an American actress and writer, born in Hollywood, California, in 1993. She is known for her roles in American Honey, Heaven Knows What and 2307: Winter's Dream.
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May 21, 2015 · Arielle Holmes stars in Heaven Knows What, a movie based on her own life as a junkie and a dominatrix. She met filmmaker Josh Safdie in the subway and he helped her write and act the film.
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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 · Arielle Holmes plays herself in a film based on her memoir of drug addiction and love in New York. She talks about her journey from homelessness to Hollywood and why she doesn't glamourise drugs.
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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...
