Sonny

Sonny

2002 · 110 min · EN · 4.9 (48 votes)
Dir. Nicolas Cage · Starring James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, Harry Dean Stanton, Mena Suvari, Nicolas Cage, Scott Caan · Music Clint Mansell

His life was the morning after, until he decided to change the night before.

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New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.

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A sticky, humid New Orleans night permeates this gritty character study. It feels like a slow descent into a past you can't outrun, where desperation hangs heavy in the air and every choice feels like a trap.

grittymelancholictensebroodingsteadyneo-noircharacter studygrimy realismescapefamilymasculinityregret
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