directed by: Mike Figgis, year: 1995
actors: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue

Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 romantic drama film about a suicidal alcoholic who heads to Las Vegas to drink himself to death. Along the way, he develops a complex relationship with a prostitute who is also struggling with her own demons. The film explores themes of love, addiction, and self-destruction.

Addiction, Despair, Redemption, Loneliness, Intimacy