TheAmericanwriterJoearrivesinParistoresearchandwriteaboutProust.HemeetsthePolishKarlandtheybecomefriendsandcostumersofbrothelsandrestaurants.Whenthefifteenyear-oldColettearrivesinParis,theybothfallinlovewithher.
ExpatriateHenryMillerindulgesinavarietyofsexualescapadeswhilestrugglingtoestablishhimselfasaseriouswriterinParis.
Veryniceportraitofthethirties...,23April2002
Author:Oreste(oreste.sl@sympatico.ca)fromMontréal,Québec
DifferentfrommanyotherChabrolmoviesthatfollow"Hitchock-like"patterns,_JourstranquillesÃClichy_relatesthedaysayoungAmericanwriter(HenryMiller)spentintheGayParisoftheearlythirties,withhispolish-descentfriendandtheiryoungColette,a14yearsold-ishgirlwithwhomtheybothfallinlove.Thestoryinitselfdoesn'tsendusfromasurprisingeventoanotherbutslowlyliftsthecurtainovertheprostitution,pornography,libertinageandpartyingthatseemedtoopposeParissomuchtoNewYork,intheeyesofMiller,searchingforachangefromthedulllikeheleadbefore.ThestoryisaquestforProustandhislosttime,aquestforanewlife,forthrills,fortruthinforgettingoneself...