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Factotum (2005)
16K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, USA, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
Style:
dark comedy, philosophical, humorous, serious, realistic, dark, grim, meditative, sad, tense ...
Plot:
unemployment, gambling, alcoholic, alcoholism, writer's life, alcohol abuse, drinking, down on your luck, lifestyle, life is a bitch, bookies, society, biopic, art, loser, drunk, novelist, husband wife relationship, casino, honest, alter ego, philosophy, drunkenness, junkie, artist ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa, new jersey
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