Factotum(Movie, 2005)

Name: Factotum
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 2005
Duration: T01:34:00
Rating: 3.1

| 1h 34min | Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 85 votes)

Factotum is a 2005 French-Norwegian dark comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Bent Hamer, adapted from the 1975 novel of the same name by Charles Bukowski. It stars Matt Dillon as Bukowski's alter ego, Henry Chinaski. Although events in the book take place in Los Angeles in the 1940s, the film has a contemporary setting. ()

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Available languages: English
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Duration: 1h 29min

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Duration: 1h 29min

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About Factotum

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.

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Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, United States of America (USA)

Plays in: United States of America

Based on: "Factotum" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Canal Plus, Celluloid Dreams, Bulbul Films, MBP (Germany)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 17 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV)

Status: Released

Release date US: 08/18/2006 (World premiere: 04/25/2005)

Cast: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Fisher Stevens, Adrienne Shelly, Karen Young, Didier Flamand

Creator: Bent Hamer

Director: Bent Hamer

Producer: Bent Hamer

Screenwriter: Bent Hamer, Charles Bukowski

Film Editor: Pål Gengenbach

Director of Photography: John Christian Rosenlund

Composer: Kristin Asbjørnsen

Keywords: writer, beautiful woman, los angeles, california, unemployment, gambling, liquor store, author, strip club, interview, based on novel or book, horse race, alcoholic, alcoholism, norway

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Factotum(Movie, 2005)

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