A Danish production of an adaption from 1970 of the famous novella by Henry Miller (published 1956 but set in the early 1930s) with fine music done by Country Joe MacDonald (of Country Joe and the Fish fame). It is a minimalist production, with all the exuberance and profanity of Miller, filtered through the lens of the then contemporary counter culture with its masculine sexual politics. The film comes across as very dated today, but it is nonetheless interesting as a document and work of creative art.
If you are offended by profanity, strong sexual imagery (with very hairy people) and rampant chauvinism, you should avoid this film. The film was banned in the United States for many years.
This was filmed simultaneously with another Henry Miller adaptation, Tropic of Cancer (1970). Both were filmed (at least partly) in Paris and Miller himself would drop by the sets of both films. At times, filming locations were only a quick walk away.
Not so quiet, Joey and Carl's days in Clichy... The two men, living in a small apartment, are penniless writers, with not enough to eat, which does not prevent them from enjoying life. One of their main interests is to get laid with women of various ages, physical appearances and nationalities. Among them, a neighbor in need, a fourteen-year-old half-witted girl, an American newspaper vendor who tends to smash up everything before making love, a Danish woman who mourns her late husband..., all being merely sex toys they play with
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