Directed by Mike Figgis. It is a story of two lonely souls crossing paths and sharing what little precious time they have. With Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis. LEAVING LAS VEGAS, tratto dall'omonimo romanzo di John O'Brien (morto sucida a soli 34 anni nel 1994, un anno prima dell'uscita del film), rappresenta ancora oggi il miglior film sull'alcolismo mai realizzato fino ad ora. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. 'Leaving Las Vegas' looks like microwaved hell. Leaving Las Vegas may not be a top choice for an upbeat outing, but there's something oddly poetic about the simplicity of Ben's mission and Sera's acceptance of it. That may be a compliment, considering how pathetic this Blu-ray release is. Read full review 88 An alcoholic winds up in Las Vegas planning to drink himself to death but meets a beautiful call girl and falls in love. Presented in 1080p, using an AVC MPEG-4 encode, this title was just thrown on the format and given the following amount of time and attention in its preparation and restoration: none. Self-indulgently tragic, the one thing that elevates Leaving Las Vegas are the signs that it understands the neurosis behind its romantic vision. by Deborah Brown | Posted on 01 01 2000. Leaving Las Vegas Review. But that does not take away from its beautiful and raw look at Vegas, the strength of its performances, and the message that even wounded souls deserve to be accepted. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera. Je l'ai lu il y a longtemps et tout ce que je sais avec certitude c'est qu'a partir du moment ou je l'ai eu dans les mains je ne l'ai plus lâché. Critique de Leaving Las Vegas par 399Perséphone. "Leaving Las Vegas" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Leaving Las Vegas will not put you in a good mood, as it is one of the most depressing films I have ever seen and depicts the ugly side of humanity. In Leaving Las Vegas, Nicolas Cage plays Benjamin, an alcoholic who’s lost his family and his job and moves to Las Vegas to quite deliberately drink himself to death over the course of four weeks’ time.While he’s there, he meets a hooker named Sera, played by Elisabeth Shue, who’s cast adrift, so to speak, when her boyfriend and pimp (Julian Sands) is finally … Leaving Las Vegas is one of the sweetest, loveliest love stories I have ever seen in movies, written with all the surprisingly wry and horrific wit of a well-composed suicide note. Although O’Brien committed suicide two weeks after signing the deal to turn his novel into a film, Leaving Las Vegas refuses to trade on sentiment or bogus profundity.