Movie Info
Genre
DramaRelease Date
August 18, 2006 (Limited)MPAA Rating
RDuration
94 min.Production Budget
$1 millionsStudio
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Cast and Crew
Director
Bent HamerProducer
Bent Hamer, Jim StarkScreenwriter
Bent Hamer, Jim StarkStarring
- Matt Dillon as Henry Chinaski
- Lili Taylor
- Marisa Tomei as Laura
- Fisher Stevens
- Didier Flamand
- Adrienne Shelly
- Karen Young
- Tony Lyons
Movie Story
Based on the acclaimed second novel by Charles Bukowski. "Factotum" was published in 1975. The character of Henry Chinaski is widely known to be Bukowski's alter ego.
Henry Chinaski (Dillon) considers himself a writer, and on occasion writes. Mostly he quests for the booze and women that sidetrack and seduce, rather than inspire greatness. When he falls for Jan (Taylor), the soulful connection fails to save either from their self-destructive ways, and the relationship totters between earnest connection and reflective loathing. With exceptional performances that capture the intoxicated journey though life and art, "Factotum" is the story of a man living on the edge; a writer who risks everything, tries anything, and finds poetry in life's pleasure and pain.
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