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The Rum Diary (2011)

The Rum Diary (2011)

Drama Comedy

One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.

Release Date: 2011, October 13
Directors: Bruce Robinson
Countries: United States of America
Production: FilmEngine, GK Films, Infinitum Nihil
Cast: Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart, Bill Smitrovich, Johnny Depp, Enzo Cilenti, Richard Jenkins, Amber Heard, Jimmy Ortega, Aaron Lustig, Marshall Bell, Andy Umberger, Michael Rispoli

Overview:

Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a businessman involved in shady property development deals.  It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.

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