The American writer Joe arrives in Paris to research and write about Proust He meets the Polish Karl and they become friends and costumers of brothels and restaurants When the fifteen yearold Colette arrives in Paris, they both fall in love with her
Expatriate Henry Miller indulges in a variety of sexual escapades while struggling to establish himself as a serious writer in Paris
Very nice portrait of the thirties, 23 April 2002
Author Oreste orestesl@sympaticoca from Montréal, Québec
Different from many other Chabrol movies that follow quotHitchocklikequot patterns, _Jours tranquilles à Clichy_ relates the days a young American writer Henry Miller spent in the Gay Paris of the early thirties, with his polishdescent friend and their young Colette, a 14 years oldish girl with whom they both fall in love The story in itself doesn#39t send us from a surprising even to another but slowly lifts the curtain over the prostitution, pornography, libertinage and partying that seemed to oppose Paris so much to New York, in the eyes of Miller, searching for a change from the dull like he lead before The story is a quest for Proust and his lost time, a quest for a new life, for thrills, for truth in forgetting oneself
