Ironweed

Ironweed

Hard times and Good times. Francis and Helen.

Directed by Héctor Babenco

Produced by Taft Entertainment Pictures, Keith Barish Productions

1987143 min6.3 / 10

A melancholic, introspective portrait of a broken man haunted by his past, seeking redemption and connection amid the wreckage of homelessness and addiction.

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

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