PentHouse Films

It is an American film of 2000, the categories of drama, directed by Darren Aronofsky. Based on a book with the same name written by Hubert Selby Jr. and published in 1978, is a disturbing and shocking film about the world of addicts, where addiction is the main hero (the drug is pure, TV, or drugs) that conducts the film's characters to a search of the ideal world that is destroyed during the harsh reality of the work. It's a film very real, raw, devastating, extremely heavy and hard as it is not easy to see or to digest for many people.

It is a modern story, lived on the streets of Brooklyn, where they cross parallel experiences of four people who decide to seek a better life.

Seeks to involve us as much with the characters, so that further action movie leaves us completely stuck to the screen and waiting for the final. Final one that leaves us completely enraptured and unable to speak (although the whole film is quite disturbing, shocking and even sadistic), reflecting not only the film but in all reality that this entails.

Personal Comment:

The greatest asset of this film is its manufacture and assembly. Allows the viewer to feel uncomfortable with the sensations, feelings and anxieties experienced by each of the characters. This is your greatest asset, lead us to the limit.

An extremely sensory movie, a must for any lover of life. Because excellence is not an act but a habit.