Live by Night (2016)

Directed by

Ben Affleck

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 09m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 1,416 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bootlegger rises through the ranks of organized crime in 1920s Florida. He navigates gang rivalries and personal ambition while trying to build an empire.

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What happens

Live by Night is a 2016 American action drama film written, directed, produced by and starring Ben Affleck. Based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, the film follows an ambitious Ybor City bootlegger (Affleck) who becomes a notorious gangster. The film also stars Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson, Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldaña, and Chris Cooper. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film premiered in New York City on December 13, 2016. It began a limited release in the United States on December 25, 2016, before going wide on January 13, 2017. It received mixed reviews and was a box-office bomb, grossing $22 million against its net budget of $65 million. The film lost around $75 million, according to insiders and rival studio executives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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