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Ben Affleck in Live By Night

by James White |
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Adapting a Dennis Lehane story helped Ben Affleck launch his directorial career with Gone Baby Gone. He's back in Lehane's world of criminals, kills and drama with his latest turn behind the camera, Live By Night. Watch the latest trailer below.

Live By Night finds characters from one of Lehane's previous books (The Given Day) and tracks them into the Prohibition era. Our main focus is Joe Coughlin (Affleck), a police captain’s son who, with his brother Danny (Scott Eastwood) finds himself caught up in organised crime as part of a rum-smuggling organization that transports booze from Cuba to Boston via Florida.

Brendan Gleeson is Affleck and Eastwood’s father, part of an ensemble that also includes Sienna Miller as Emma Gould, who Coughlin falls for, but who also happens to be the daughter of his mobster boss. Then there’s Zoe Saldana as Graciella Suarez, part of the Floridian crime structure and Elle Fanning playing sheriff’s daughter Loretta Figgis, an aspiring actress who finds herself in a world of trouble.

Affleck's latest is due for release in the UK on 13 January.

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