The Informers (2009)

Directed by

Gregor Jordan

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Germany, United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 256 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The movie follows wealthy people in 1980s Los Angeles who feel empty and try to fill their lives with sex, alcohol, and drugs. It shows different characters over the course of a week, including movie executives and rock stars.

bleakalienatinghedonisticslow-pacedcynicalvapidmelancholicdisconnected

What happens

The Informers is a 2008 American drama film written by Bret Easton Ellis and Nicholas Jarecki and directed by Gregor Jordan. The film is based on Ellis's 1994 collection of short stories of the same name. The film, which is set amidst the decadence of the early 1980s, depicts an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, alcohol, and drugs. The filming took place in Los Angeles, Uruguay, and Buenos Aires in 2007. It was the last feature film for actor Brad Renfro before his death on January 15, 2008, at the age of 25. The film was dedicated to his memory. An article published by Reuters described the story as "seven stories taking course during a week in the life of movie executives, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters", set in 1980s Los Angeles. The supernatural content was not to be included in the final film, however. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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