Directed by: Asia ArgentoReleased: 2004
holy shit, this was a tough watch. based on the book of the same name, the story follows a kid named jeremiah who was given up by his 15 year old mother (asia argento) at birth, quickly being put into foster care. his foster family loves him and treats him like he was their own. flash forward a few years, and his birth mother, now 23, somehow gets him back. she's a junkie, she's a hooker, she abuses him, his "new dads" abuse him, both physically and sexually ... this kid catches abuse from literally every fucking person he's put in a room with. the movie is basically them on the road; she's selling herself and "marrying" guys all over before they inevitably either run out on her or rape the kid. no character gets any redemption, no one has an epiphany and realizes what they're doing is wrong.. it starts out really bad and gets so much fucking worse. there were a lot of bizarre cameos i didn't expect; marilyn manson (who played a junked out child rapist PERFECTLY), winonya rider, and lydia lunch, to name a few. the film itself had kind of an arthouse feel to it at times, and the production value was on the low side, but it works for a story like this. it's gritty, dirty and ugly. highly, highly recommended. 8/10.
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