The Rum Diary

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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.

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Director

Bruce Robinson

Director

Cast

Johnny Depp

Paul Kemp

Amber Heard

Chenault

Aaron Eckhart

Sanderson

Michael Rispoli

Sala

Giovanni Ribisi

Moberg

Richard Jenkins

Lotterman

Amaury Nolasco

Segurra

Marshall Bell

Donavon

Bill Smitrovich

Zimburger

Julian Holloway

Wolsley

Enzo Cilenti

Digby

Karimah Westbrook

Papa Nebo

Aaron Lustig

Monk

Natalia Rivera

Chenault's Friend

Jimmy Ortega

Cop on Fire

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