Leaving Las Vegas
by Mike Figgis1h511995United States
Recommended byJacques Audiard
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Because his wife left him and took his son with her, screenwriter Ben Sanderson has started drinking, a lot. He's getting more and more isolated and he troubles women in bars because he wants to have sex with them. When he gets fired, he decides to leave everything behind and move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. In Las Vegas he meets Sera, a prostitute with some problems as well who he moves in with.
Credits
- Distributor : Studiocanal
- Production Compagny : Initial Productions
- Director : Mike Figgis
- Scenario : Mike Figgis
- Original Music : Mike Figgis
- Original Work Author : John O'Brien
- Photo Director : Declan Quinn
- Set Decoration : Barry Kingston
- Costume Design : Laura Goldsmith
- Sound Recorder : Pawel Wdowczak
- Editing : John Smith
- Producer : Annie Stewart, Lila Cazès
Technical details
- Printed format : 16 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1995
- French release date : 20 March 1996
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : English