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A Balasaur Score of 58 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 52%, Metacritic 56/100.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
1,361 audience votes
Key crew
- Bruce RobinsonDirector
- Bruce RobinsonScreenplay
- Christopher YoungOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Johnny DeppPaul Kemp
- Amber HeardChenault
- Aaron EckhartSanderson
- Michael RispoliSala
- Giovanni RibisiMoberg
- Richard JenkinsLotterman
- Amaury NolascoSegurra
- Marshall BellDonavon
- Bill SmitrovichZimburger
- Julian HollowayWolsley
- Enzo CilentiDigby
- Karimah WestbrookPapa Nebo
Stills
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