FACTOTUM (15)

Thursday 17th November, 7:00pm, Tyneside Cinema

Matt Dillon (Crash) is the downbeat poet Henry Chinaski, a man with no real interest in working for a living apart from what he needs to do to sustain his unwavering commitment to drinking, gambling, women and writing stories that are continually thrown out by publishers. Co-starring Marisa Tomei (In The Bedroom, What Women Want) and Lili Taylor (Six Feet Under, High Fidelity) as two of his conquests, Dillon plays a perfect interpretation of the character devised from the work of beat writer Charles Bukowski.

Pitch-perfect Norwegian director Bent Hamer’s (Kitchen Stories) first foray into English-language feature films is a funny, caustic and stylish representation of the life of an unpublished artist, with an awesome hip performance by a never better Dillon.

Director: Bent Hamer / Feature / English / 94 minutes / Norway and USA 2005
Factotum is scheduled for release in November 2005.