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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.
Escaping the stifling social codes of 1950s New York, a weary journalist seeks refuge in the humid, booze-drenched chaos of Puerto Rico. He quickly finds that the island's tropical paradise hides a different kind of madness under its sun-kissed surface.
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Bruce Robinson
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Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Jenkins, Amaury Nolasco, Marshall Bell, Bill Smitrovich, Julian Holloway
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Director
Bruce Robinson
Cast
Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Jenkins, Amaury Nolasco, Marshall Bell, Bill Smitrovich, Julian Holloway
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