IONCINEMA.com presents: Down to the Bone (2005)

CAST AND CREW

Director

Debra Granik

Cast (alphabetical order):

Hugh Dillon

Vera Farmiga

Clint Jordan

Down to the Bone

Release Date: Nov 25, 2005 - Wide Release
Distributor: Laemmle/Zeller Films
Film Genre: Addiction Drama
Country: United States

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In DOWN TO THE BONE‚ Irene (Vera Farmiga) is a working class mother living in upstate New York. She struggles to keep her marriage together and raise two sons while keeping her cocaine addiction a secret. After a series of nearly fatal mishaps‚ and finally hoping to make a change in her life‚ she decides to check herself into a rehab center. She knows kicking the habit would be tough‚ but the experience proves even more difficult than she could have anticipated. There‚ she meets and falls in love with a fellow reformed addict (Hugh Dillon). When one of them falls into a relapse with the addiction‚ their commitment to staying clean ‚and to each other ‚ shatters. This beautifully wrought film accurately and authentically explores the wrenching road of recovery without ever resorting to histrionics.

TRIVIA

This won for Best Director and A Special Jury Prize for acting at the 2004 Sundance film festival.

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