Buddy Duress

In Moscow, a woman struggles with OCD, while her cousin in Berlin ignores her own mental issue. Meanwhile in NYC, a boxer fights addiction.

After a botched robbery lands his younger brother in prison, a small-time criminal traverses the depraved underbelly of New York City in search of bail money before the sun rises in this masterful, twisting pulse-pounder.

Welcome to the restless world of Harley, a heroin addict in today’s New York. Tangled up in the melancholy romance of a destructive relationship with Ilja, she seeks solace with another addict, Mike. Based on the experiences of Arielle Holmes, who herself plays Harley.

Jack is an Internet gambler living in NYC who becomes fixated on Scarlet, a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy Chinatown street.