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Down to the Bone

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Original title

Down to the Bone

Year

2004

Running time

101 min.

Country

United States

Director

Debra Granik

Screenwriter

Debra Granik, Richard Lieske, Jean-Michel Dissard, Alex MacInnis, Anne Kugler

Cast

Cinematography

Michael McDonough

Producer

Susie Q Productions, Down To The Bone Productions

Genre

Drama | Drugs. Independent Film (US)

Synopsis

In Upstate New York, Irene (Vera Farmiga) struggles to raise two sons, keep her stale marriage together and manage a secret cocaine habit. Isolated by the strip malls and dying small towns that define the area, Irene’s not sure when she went from high school partying to skimming off the grocery money to supply her growing habit - but it’s about to end abruptly. Desperate to alter her life, she puts herself in rehab, hoping that she can turn around the world she has made with her husband, Steve (Clint Jordan). But once she’s back home the distance between them seems to have grown and Irene ends up falling into an incendiary affair with Bob (Hugh Dillon), a nurse and former addict that she met at rehab. His attention and affection awakens her pushed aside life, but all too soon she realizes they have more in common than she bargained for.

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Awards: 2004: Sundance: Best Director, Jury Special Prize Drama (Vera Farmiga)

2005: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actress (Vera Farmiga)

2004: Independent Spirit Awards: 2 Nom. including Best Actress (Farmiga)

2005: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Actress.

2004: Gotham Awards: nominated to Breakthrough Director.

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Critics' reviews

"'Down to the Bone' achieves what only the best independent films have: making life, at its most unvarnished, a journey."

Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly
"The film is so pitch perfect and realistic, it seems you are there with these people, watching their lives unfold before you as it happens."

G. Allen Johnson: San Francisco Chronicle
"'Down to the Bone' emerges with an aura of authenticity so strong as to be mesmerizing, thanks to a superior script brought to life with infallibly natural performances."

Kevin Thomas: Los Angeles Times
"Writer-director Debra Granik has found a star, and wisely builds every scene around Farmiga's character."

Kyle Smith: New York Post
"A quietly harrowing chronicle of addiction and fragile recovery anchored by Vera Farmiga's intense performance."

Maitland McDonagh: TV Guide
"If there were an ounce of taste left in Hollywood, the magnificent Vera Farmiga would be a front-runner for the Best Actress Oscar."

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone

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