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Live by Night

Live by Night

Joe was once a good man.

20166.32h 9m

Overview

A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.

Directed by Ben Affleck
Written by Ben Affleck, Dennis Lehane
Produced by Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Todd
Box OfficeBudget: $90.0MRevenue: $22.7M

Top Cast

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck

Joe Coughlin

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning

Loretta Figgis

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

Thomas Coughlin

Chris Messina

Chris Messina

Dion Bartolo

Sienna Miller

Sienna Miller

Emma Gould

Zoe Saldaña

Zoe Saldaña

Graciella Suarez

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

Chief Irving Figgis

Remo Girone

Remo Girone

Maso Pescatore

Anthony Michael Hall

Anthony Michael Hall

Gary Smith

Titus Welliver

Titus Welliver

Tim Hickey

Themes & Keywords

floridabased on novel or bookprohibition eraloverevengebetrayalorganized crime1920s1930s

About Live by Night

Live by Night is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 2016 exploring themes of florida, based on novel or book, prohibition era, love, revenge, betrayal. Directed by Ben Affleck, it stars Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson. A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.

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