An intimate, meditative inquiry into the life & music of a prolific songwriter.
In Heaven Adores You, we see Elliot Smith's ascension to stardom and the path that propelled him there, through the major cities he lived in, his ever-developing music that brought him from underground to the very much-public eye - and the tragic downward spiral that followed. Show business was to blame "It's the worst thing that could have happened happened to him" his friends affirm) and this film isn't afraid to show the industry what its machinery can do to a sensitive soul.