Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Name: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis

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We’re convinced no other actor could have made this protagonist’s descent into oblivion bearable in Mike Figgis’ beautifully melancholic Leaving Las Vegas. Cage is truly brilliant in his Oscar winning turn as a man set on departing this realm doing the only thing he’s still capable of: ingesting copious amounts of liquor. Elisabeth Shue rivals her co-star’s performance as a Sin City streetwalker who takes pity on him. An unflinching yet compassionate and sometimes even humorous look at addiction. English language without subtitles.

Credits

Regie: Mike Figgis
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis
Genre: Drama, Romance
Speelduur: 111 minuten
Land: VS
Taal: Engels
Ondertiteling: Geen ondertiteling

Storyline

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

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