Sera

Well, once she got locked up with Yuri she would have had to break all ties with everyone. Prior to that, I think, one can only speculate based on her emotional reactions in her counseling sessions.
Elisabeth Shue's portrayal of Sera, for me, is the single greatest performance by a female I've ever seen. The character is captivating, transformative, enigmatic... and so tragic. It took me a long time to figure out that the movie is not about Ben... it's about Sera. SHE is the one who is "Leaving Las Vegas." Ben came in and wrecked her life as she had it set up... probably just as Yuri did with her former life. It's hard to imagine whatever happened to her after.

Wow, Tomkaren1994, I saw it exactly that same way! That was Elisabeth's movie, not Cage's.

It's also about opportunity...many intelligent beautiful girls get roped into prostitutin- heard of sex trafficking?????? and once they are in it's hard to get out- u really see people offering a middle aged unskilled woman a job?
and think a reception job will pay £100 an hour??

u get sucked into it (no pun intended) and before u know it u are so far in u don't know how to get out

Agreed it is one of the finest female performances ever. Who did Elizabeth lose to at the Oscars? The incredible sensitivity in her eyes is unequalled. Before this movie we knew she was beautiful, but saw no indication of her magnificent talent. Maybe the unique role plus Figgis's direction proved a magical recipe.