The Rum Diary
120 min
2011
Published on, 3 months ago
The Rum Diary
The Rum Diary
120 min
2011
5.9
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.
Country
Released
13 Oct, 2011
newspaper
journalist
based on novel or book
alcohol
voodoo
puerto rico
carnival
protest
debate
fire breathing
vomiting
cockfight
rum
brochure
tongue
drunkenness
