| Journey to the End of the Night | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Eric Eason |
| Produced by | Richard Gladstein James Acheson Frank Demartini |
| Written by | Eric Eason |
| Starring | Brendan Fraser Mos Def Alice Braga Scott Glenn Catalina Sandino Moreno Matheus Nachtergaele |
| Music by | Elia Cmiral |
| Cinematography | Ulrich Burtin |
| Editing by | Kevin Greutert |
| Distributed by | First Look International |
| Release date(s) | April 28, 2006 (Tribeca Film Festival) |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Germany, United States, Brazil |
| Language | English Portuguese Yoruba |
| Budget | $6 million US |
Journey to the End of the Night is a 2006 film directed by Eric Eason starring Brendan Fraser, Mos Def, Scott Glenn, Alice Braga and Catalina Sandino Moreno.
The film is set in a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, Brazil, where the 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 transvestite named Nazda. In desperation, Sinatra makes a deal with the Nigerian dishwasher of the brothel, Wemba. Wemba 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 is knocked unconscious. His lack of contact with Sinatra and Paul starts a chain-reaction of misunderstandings that lead to a tragic end.