Hell on Earth “There are times when we are broke and hungry and freezing, and I wonder, why the hell am I still living here? » declares Marc. “The most integrated place on Earth,” Alphabet City, Manhattan’s red light district, is home to diverse families and struggling artists. Alphabet City is known for its literate avenues, high levels of drug activity and crime which attracted the growing bohemian population of the 1980s due to the low rents and creative atmosphere. Rent inspires individuals to be unique despite the opinions of others by accepting who you are, whether you are suffering from an illness, recovering from addiction, or struggling with personal issues. Rent a Chris Columbus film shows an artistic rebel by revisiting individuality through the character of Angel. Mark, Roger, Benny, Mimi, Angel, Collins, Maureen and Joanne, eight bohemian friends, live in a hell on earth in 1989. The rent is due and Benny, the landlord, doesn't care if it's the Christmas Eve. Mark, a struggling filmmaker. and Roger, a recovering drug addict, wait for Collins. Collins is found beaten in an alley by Angel, a struggling street performer who suffers from AIDS. Mimi, another tenant and exotic dancer, struggles with HIV and her heroin addiction. Over the course of a year, the friends form new relationships and bond as they face eviction by organizing a protest led by Maureen, a promiscuous lesbian who was officially dating Mark. The friends decide to separate after the death of their friend Angel. Hoping to find originality and make their dreams come true, after realizing that Angel wouldn't want them to separate, the friends reunited in difficult conditions facing the death of another friend Mimi. The friend...... middle of paper ....... Moreover, it is a captivating film that shows how a person copes with his difficulties. “I have to get out of here!” It's like I'm strapped to the hood of a yellow rental truck full of fertilizer and fuel oil. Pushed off a cliff by a suicidal Mickey Mouse. I have to find a way to jump over the moon,” Maureen said. Rent shows that we cannot control our destiny and that we must live each day to the best of our abilities. A captivating story based on a year spent with eight friends in Alphabet City. The year they are experiencing is hell on earth despite all the struggles they have overcome. Columbus created Angel to change society's view of homosexuals and illness. “Five hundred and twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. How do we measure the life of a woman or a man? you can, life is a season full of lessons and the will to love.