Alex & Emma (2003) on Netflix
Alex Sheldon owes the Cuban mafia $100,000 and has thirty days to finish the novel that will pay them off. He hires a headstrong stenographer, Emma Dinsmore, to take his dictation.
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- IMDb5.5/1014,583 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes11%
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Plot summary
Alex Sheldon is a writer with writer's block and a gambling problem. He owes $100,000 to the Cuban mafia, which gives him thirty days to pay or be killed, and his publisher will not release the money for his novel until the manuscript is finished. Alex hires Emma Dinsmore, a headstrong stenographer, to take his dictation. The book he dictates is set in the 1920s and follows Adam Shipley, a writer hired to tutor the children of a French woman, Polina Delacroix. Scenes from the novel play out as Alex works, and Emma pushes back on his ideas, shaping the story he is telling.
Cast
- Leili Krameras Michele Delacroix
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Alex & Emma (2003)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Alex & Emma is loosely based on the true story of Fyodor Dostoevsky, who dictated his 1866 novel The Gambler in 30 days to pay off a gambling debt and fell in love with his young stenographer.
