L.A. Without a Map
L.A. Without a Map (also known as Los Angeles Without a Map and I Love L.A''.) is a 1998 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mika Kaurismäki, who co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Rayner, based on Rayner's 1988 semi-autobiographical novel Los Angeles Without a Map. The film stars David Tennant, Vinessa Shaw, Julie Delpy and Vincent Gallo, with Cameron Bancroft and Joe Dallesandro. The plot follows a British undertaker and aspiring screenwriter who has a fling with an American aspiring actress and impulsively follows her to Los Angeles. It is an international co-production of France, the United Kingdom, Finland and Luxembourg.
Plot
Richard, a 22-year-old Scottish undertaker and obituary writer, dreams of becoming a screenwriter and is dissatisfied with his mundane life in Bradford, Northern England. During a burial, he meets Barbara, a young aspiring Hollywood actress briefly visiting Bradford, and the two develop a connection. Barbara returns home and brags about the British writer she met while away. Infatuated with her, Richard impulsively flies to Los Angeles without informing his fiancée. When Richard arrives at the upscale Japanese restaurant where Barbara works as a waitress, she is surprised to see him.
Cast
- Amanda Plummer
- Andre Royo
- Anouk Aimée
- Cameron Bancroft
- David Tennant
- Dijon Talton
- Dominic Gould
- James LeGros
- Jean-Pierre Kalfon
- Jerzy Skolimowski
- Joe Dallesandro
- Johnny Depp
- Julie Delpy
- Kenny Hughes
- Lisa Edelstein
- Malcolm Tierney
- Margi Clarke
- Mato Valtonen
- Matthew Faber
- Matti Pellonpää
- Mika Kaurismäki
- Monte Hellman
- Robert Davi
- Sakke Järvenpää
- Saskia Reeves
- Steve Huison
- Vincent Gallo
- Vinessa Shaw
More details
| author | Mika Kaurismäki Richard Rayner |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | United States |
| director | Mika Kaurismäki |
| editor | Ewa J. Lind |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | bradford chloroform city of bradford kiss las vegas las vegas wedding leningrad cowboys meet morning north pole northern england obituary writer on the road pool cleaner screenwriting wed |
| musicBy | Sébastien Cortella |
| producer | Julie Baines Pierre Assouline Sarah Daniel |
| publisher | Senso Films |
| recordedAt | California Las Vegas Valley Los Angeles |
| theme | independent romantic comedy |