TheAmericanwriterJoearrivesinParistoresearchandwriteaboutProust.HemeetsthePolishKarlandtheybecomefriendsandcostumersofbrothelsandrestaurants.Whenthefifteenyear-oldColettearrivesinParis,theybothfallinlovewithher.ExpatriateHenryMillerindulgesinavarietyofsexualescapadeswhilestrugglingtoestablishhimselfasaseriouswriterinParis.Veryniceportraitofthethirties...,23April2002Author:Oreste(oreste.sl@sympatico.ca)fromMontréal,QuébecDifferentfrommanyotherChabrolmoviesthatfollow"Hitchock-like"patterns,_JourstranquillesÃClichy_relatesthedaysayoungAmericanwriter(HenryMiller)spentintheGayParisoftheearlythirties,withhispolish-descentfriendandtheiryoungColette,a14yearsold-ishgirlwithwhomtheybothfallinlove.Thestoryinitselfdoesn'tsendusfromasurprisingeventoanotherbutslowlyliftsthecurtainovertheprostitution,pornography,libertinageandpartyingthatseemedtoopposeParissomuchtoNewYork,intheeyesofMiller,searchingforachangefromthedulllikeheleadbefore.ThestoryisaquestforProustandhislosttime,aquestforanewlife,forthrills,fortruthinforgettingoneself...