Tropic of Cancer
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A picaresque portrait of an ambitious expatriate writer navigating bohemian Paris through sexual encounters and artistic struggle, balancing sensuality with existential searching.
Expat American writer Henry Miller hustles his way through Paris in a series of amorous encounters while trying to find his literary voice.
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