Film:"The Lost Weekend"

THE LOST WEEKEND

It is a 1945 American drama film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman.
The film is about a writer who drinks heavily.The desperate life of a hopeless alcoholic.
His brother Wick and girlfriend Helen planned a weekend in the country for him but he evaded , so he started drinking again.
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QUESTIONS

1. How did he do at school?
2. Was he a good student?
3. Do you know whe he started writing?
4. When and how did he meet Helen?
5. How did he feel whe he overheard the conversation of Helen´s parents in The Hotel?
6. What was the Nat´s Bar for him?
7. How far did he walk on a Sunday morning to sell his typewriter?
8. What kind of hospital was he sent to?
9. Describe the people who really wanted to help him
10. What is your opinion of the end of the film? Did you like it or not?