Love Ranch (2010)

Directed by

Taylor Hackford

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A married couple runs the first legal brothel in the United States. Their marriage falls apart when one of them is unfaithful, and the situation turns violent.

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What happens

Love Ranch is a 2010 American drama film directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Gina Gershon and Bryan Cranston. It was written by Mark Jacobson. The film is based on the lives of Joe Conforte and Sally Conforte, a married couple who operated the first legal brothel in the United States after the widespread criminalization of prostitution in the U.S. earlier in the 20th century, the Mustang Ranch in Storey County, Nevada, Violence results when their marriage is tested by infidelity. The story also alludes to the mysterious circumstances surrounding the assassination of famous Argentinian boxer Ringo Bonavena in the Mustang Ranch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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