The Rum Diary

The Rum Diary

114 minutes
2011
United States Comedy / Drama / Romantic / Thriller

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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2011
United States Comedy / Drama / Romantic / Thriller

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.

Creators

Bruce Robinson

Cast

Richard Nixon, Lisa Robins, Karen Austin, Bruno Irizarry, Javier Grajeda, Karimah Westbrook, Gavin Houston, Jacob Browne, Jimmy Ortega, Amber Heard, Lily Robinson, Richard Jenkins, Julian Holloway, Giovanni Ribisi, Enzo Cilenti, Marshall Bell, Aaron Eckhart, Bill Smitrovich, J. Depp, Amaury Nolasco, Michael Rispoli, Aaron Lustig, Natalia Rivera