1990 · drama · erotic · literary
Quiet Days in Clichy
Directed by Claude Chabrol1h 56m1990
Expatriate Henry Miller indulges in a variety of sexual escapades while struggling to establish himself as a serious writer in Paris.
Our read: Quiet Days in Clichy (1990) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · erotic · literary entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / erotic, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
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