Factotum - Trailer

We are proud to announce the release of FACTOTUM starring Matt Dillon, Lily Tomlin and Marisa Tomei. Released in cinemas by Icon Film Distribution on November 18th.

"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must live."

Charles Bukowski

Henry Chinaski works in factories and warehouses to support what he really wants to do: drink, bet on the horses, take up with women as rootless as he is and, above all, write stories that no one wants to publish. Based on the novel by Charles Bukowski, FACTOTUM is the story of a man living on the edge, of a writer who is willing to risk everything to make sure that his life is his poetry.

"An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way. An artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way."Charles Bukowski

CHARLES BUKOWSKI was born in Andernach, Germany on August 16, 1920 and came with his family to the United States when he was three years old. Among his forty-five books of poetry and prose are the novels Post Office, Ham on Rye, Women, Hollywood and Pulp.

His second novel, Factotum, published in 1975, follows Henry Chinaski (Bukowski's alter ego) through a series of dead end jobs sandwiched between days and nights of drinking, women and his on going efforts to capture it all in his writing.

Bukowski also wrote the original screenplay for the film Barfly. Other films based on his stories include Crazy Love (aka Love is a Dog From Hell) and Tales of Ordinary Madness. His books have been translated and published in over 15 languages.

Charles Bukowski died on March 9, 1994 in his adopted hometown of San Pedro, California. The latest volume of his writing to be published posthumously is the new book of poetry SLOUCHING TOWARD NIRVANA published by ECCO Press.

"I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there."Charles Bukowski

Based on the novel by Charles Bukowski & excerpts from his books

"The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses over the Hills"
"What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire"
"The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken over the Ship"

'Dillon is fantastic…..his best performance in a long time'
The Times

'Mood and tone are perfect: Factotum is about nothing, and everything.'
Uncut ****

''Seek it out and it'll touch your heart''
Total Film ****

Release date: November 18th
Certificate: 15
Running time: 93 minutes