SYNOPSIS
From the Producer of the Golden Globe nominated IGBY GOES DOWN, comes a compelling story about a dark undercurrent to the Eighties in Los Angeles beneath the style, the music, and the glamour.
Set in Los Angeles during the early 1980’s, THE INFORMERS focuses on young, wealthy Angelenos, consumed by a decadent lifestyle, who remain detached and isolated from the real world.
The film’s half-dozen narrative threads all have one thing in common – Graham Sloan, a child of privilege struggling to find his own direction. Graham’s best friends are the irresistible Christie and Martin; the three of them frequently share sex, drugs, and musings on life. But Martin is secretly carrying on an affair with Graham’s mother. Dad, meanwhile, is obsessed with the sexy, if aging newscaster Cheryl Laine, who’s seeing a kid named Danny that’s half her age. What a tangled web we weave.
Graham’s friend Tim has gone to Hawaii with his father, but Les can’t understand why his son doesn’t like girls, or why men seem so attracted to his boy. Graham’s neighbor, Jack, is holding a child prisoner; kidnapped not for ransom but darker purposes. Abusive pop star, Bryan Metro, hits rock bottom just as his career is peaking.
THE INFORMERS is a portrait of a generation losing its way - an outrageous descent into the abyss beneath L.A.’s gorgeous surface.
Cast
Billy Bob Thorton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke, Brad Renfo, Chris Isaac
