UNITED STATES · 1945

The Lost Weekend

Billy Wilder
Classical Hollywood alcoholism addiction and withdrawal self-destruction mental health crisis redemption
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Synopsis

Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.

Year1945
CountryUnited States
DirectorBilly Wilder
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