Ironweed
1987
Rated R
· ⭐ 6.6 · Votes: 99
“Hard times and Good times. Francis and Helen.”
Albany New York Halloween 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick a pal has cancer he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him including ghosts of two men he killed. That night out drinking Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay but decides it's not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.
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