The Sunset Limited

Name: The Sunset Limited
Released: 2011
Rating: 7.2

2011 · Movie

91 min English

538 votes

DramaTV Movie

A deeply religious black ex-con thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tries to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, 'The Sunset Limited.' As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his…

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Cast, directors & writers

Tommy Lee Jones

White · Director

Samuel L. Jackson

Black

Cormac McCarthy

Writer

Keywords

nihilism faith optimism matter of life and death based on play or musical loneliness debate self-doubt confined nihilist theological debate philosophic conflict optimist complex race relations ideologies religious conversation apartment philosophical debate

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