Movie

The Rum Diary (2011)

120 min

• Comedy
• Drama

Director

Bruce Robinson

Released

October 13, 2011

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.

Cast

• Johnny Depp
• Amber Heard
• Aaron Eckhart
• Michael Rispoli
• Giovanni Ribisi
• Richard Jenkins
• Amaury Nolasco
• Marshall Bell
• Bill Smitrovich
• Julian Holloway
• Enzo Cilenti
• Karimah Westbrook

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