The Lost Weekend

The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!

Plot Summary

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, 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.

7.6 /10

1945

US

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based on novel or book

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paranoia

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addiction

alcoholism

flashback

film noir

suicidal

black and white

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alcoholic

bats

low self esteem

dishonesty

hopelessness

delirium tremens

lies

devoted girlfriend