Journey to the End of the Night (film)

Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night
Directed by	Eric Eason
Written by	Eric Eason
Produced by	Richard Gladstein; James Acheson; Frank Demartini
Starring	Brendan Fraser; Mos Def; Alice Braga; Scott Glenn; Catalina Sandino Moreno; Matheus Nachtergaele
Cinematography	Ulrich Burtin
Edited by	Kevin Greutert
Music by	Elia Cmiral
Production; company	Millennium Films
Distributed by	First Look International
Release date	April 28, 2006 (Tribeca Film Festival);
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	Germany; United States; Brazil
Languages	English; Portuguese; Yoruba
Budget	$6.2 million
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

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

Brendan Fraser – Paul
Mos Def – Wemba
Scott Glenn – Sinatra
Alice Braga – Monique
Catalina Sandino Moreno – Angie
Ruy Polanah – The Soothsayer
Matheus Nachtergaele – Nazda
Gilson Adalberto Gomes – Samy
Milhem Cortaz – Rodrigo
Luke Denis Nolan – Lazare

Legacy

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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^ 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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[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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