Live by Night

• Action
• Crime
• Drama
• Thriller

Beneath the sun-drenched allure of 1920s Florida, this crime drama charts the calculated expansion of a Boston mob into the lucrative world of rum-running, but distinguishes itself through a pervasive atmosphere of simmering tension and moral compromise. It's not simply a story of gangsters building an empire, but a study in how ambition corrupts, and how the pursuit of revenge and a fractured romantic life can dismantle a man’s convictions. The escalating conflict with the violently prejudiced Ku Klux Klan isn't a backdrop for action, but a catalyst forcing pragmatic alliances and exposing the darkness lurking beneath the veneer of prosperity. The narrative focuses on the growing distance between idealized notions of loyalty and the brutal realities of survival in a lawless landscape, illustrating a protagonist whose initial idealism erodes with each calculated betrayal and act of violence.