2. • The film depicts four characters affected by drug addiction and how it alters their
physical and emotional states.
• He and the cast speak of the film being about addictions in general, and not just
drugs, with a theme of loneliness and avoidance of reality in different ways.
• Sara Goldfarb, a widow who lives alone in a Brighton Beach apartment, spends
her time watching television. Her son Harry is a heroin addict, along with his
friend Tyrone and girlfriend Marion
• A doctor realizes that Harry is a drug addict and calls the police, resulting in Harry
and Tyrone being arrested.