Quiet Days in Clichy (1970)

Not so quiet, Joey and Carl's days in Clichy... The two men, living in a small apartment, are penniless writers, with not enough to eat, which does not prevent them from enjoying life. One ... See full summary »

Director:

Jens Jørgen Thorsen

Writers:

Henry Miller (novel), Jens Jørgen Thorsen

Stars:

Paul Valjean, Wayne Rodda, Ulla Koppel

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul Valjean	...	Joey
Wayne Rodda	...	Carl
Ulla Koppel	...	Nys (as Ulla Lemvigh-Müller)
Avi Sagild	...	Mara
Susanne Krage	...	Christine
Louise White	...	Surrealist
Petronella	...	Adrienne
Elsebeth Reingaard	...	Colette
Lisbet Lundquist	...	Jeanne
Olaf Ussing	...	Father
Noemi Roos	...	Mother
Anne Kehler	...	Corinne
Herman Wolsgaard-Iversen
Britten Jensen
Elsa Jackson

Storyline

Not so quiet, Joey and Carl's days in Clichy... The two men, living in a small apartment, are penniless writers, with not enough to eat, which does not prevent them from enjoying life. One of their main interests is to get laid with women of various ages, physical appearances and nationalities. Among them, a neighbor in need, a fourteen-year-old half-witted girl, an American newspaper vendor who tends to smash up everything before making love, a Swedish woman who mourns her late husband..., all being merely sex toys they play with

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Plot Keywords:

sex in a bathtub | voyeurism | voyeur | sex | woman wearing only a man's shirt | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Denmark

Language:

English Danish

Release Date:

1 June 1970 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Not So Quiet Days

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dans-Svensk, SBA

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min (uncut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Feminists protested some of the lyrics of Country Joe McDonald's "Quiet Days in Clichy Theme". He claims that the song was often booed and cursed when he played it on college campus demonstrations.

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Quotes

Joey: Just live. What an idea. What a sane idea. It's an idea I've never flirted with. To accomplish it, one must have an empty mind, or else a full, rich one. It would be better to have an empty mind.

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Connections

Featured in Songs of Clichy (2002)

User Reviews

Rotten film, rubbish acting

My girlfriend said she'd never seen a porno film, so she dragged me into the cinema to see "Stille Dage i Clichy" in Copenhagen, when the film was new. To say it's a bad film is to overvalue Warhol's "Flesh." It was worse. The only good bit was right at the beginning, with the play on "Gray Day." After that, it was downhill all the way.

The acting was abysmal. The plot... well, what plot? The "Germs won't attack a starving man" scene was memorably sickening. The bonking was overdone and hugely "in your face."

For a poetic film, See "Last Year in Marienbad." Spot the difference.

IMHO, Miller wasn't a particularly good writer. His books did, however, mark a turning-point in censorship. This film, though, has about the same artistic qualities as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Toolbox Murders."

When the film ended, though, it was interesting to note that, while the women in the audience stood and put on their cardis and coats, the blokes sat quite still for a minute or so :-) .