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Journey to the End of the Night (film)

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Journey to the End of the Night
Directed byEric Eason
Written byEric Eason
Produced byRichard Gladstein
James Acheson
Frank Demartini
StarringBrendan Fraser
Mos Def
Alice Braga
Scott Glenn
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Matheus Nachtergaele
CinematographyUlrich Burtin
Edited byKevin Greutert
Music byElia Cmiral
Production
company
Distributed byFirst Look International
Release date
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesGermany
United States
Brazil
LanguagesEnglish
Portuguese
Yoruba
Budget$6.2 million[1]
Box office$49,147

Journey to the End of the Night is a 2006 independent crime thriller film directed by Eric Eason starring Brendan Fraser, Mos Def, Scott Glenn, Alice Braga and Catalina Sandino Moreno.

Plot

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In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, Brazil, exiled Americans Sinatra and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted to cocaine. Sinatra is married to a former prostitute named Angie, with whom he has a son.

A Russian client is killed by his wife in their establishment, leaving behind a suitcase filled with drugs. On the night that they have scheduled a negotiation to sell the contents of the suitcase to African buyers, their go-between dies while having sex with a trans woman named Nazda. In desperation, Sinatra makes a deal with the Nigerian dishwasher of the brothel, Wemba, who is to travel to the harbor of Santos, taking the place of the go-between, and make the sale to the drug dealers. In return, Wemba would receive a large amount of money.

Wemba accepts but, while returning to his car in the harbor, he is attacked by two small-time thieves and knocked unconscious. His lack of contact with Sinatra and Paul starts a chain-reaction of misunderstandings that lead to a tragic end.

Cast

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Legacy

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After seeing portions of Fraser's performance in the trailer of Journey to the End of the Night, Darren Aronofsky reportedly cast him in the leading role of The Whale (2022), which has widely been cited as Fraser's comeback film.[2]

References

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  1. ^ [1] [dead link]
  2. ^ Scott, Ryan (December 9, 2022). "The Whale's Darren Aronofsky And Samuel Hunter On Brendan Fraser's Surprising Performance [Exclusive Interview]". Slash Film. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
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