Henry & June (1990) on Netflix
In 1931 Paris, Anaïs Nin is married to Hugo but longs for more. She meets the writer Henry Miller and his wife June, and their bohemian world draws her in.
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Plot summary
Paris, 1931. Anaïs Nin is married to Hugo and keeps a diary, but she finds her life too settled and wants more. She meets Henry Miller, an American writer at work on his first novel, and his wife June, and is drawn to both of them and to the bohemian world they inhabit. Intrigued by the pair, she begins an affair with Henry and pursues June, widening her sexual horizons with Hugo as well. June travels between Paris and New York looking for acting work while Henry writes, and Nin sets down the whole arrangement in her diary.
Cast
- Erika Maury-Lascouxas Contortionist
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- Pierre Edernacas Henry's Friend No. 2 - Magician
- Alexandre De Gallas Henry's Friend No. 4 - Clown
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Henry & June (1990)
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- Henry & June was the first film to receive the MPAA's rating of NC-17, which was devised as a replacement for the X rating and was intended to signify serious, non-pornographic films with more violence or sexual content than would qualify for an R rating.
- Specific images pushed the film into NC-17 territory: the postcard Nin views at the start of the film, which is of Hokusai's The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, along with some scenes of le Bal des Beaux Arts.
- The film's content ratings varied wildly by country: Australia gave it a more lenient M, the United Kingdom passed it uncut with an 18, and South Africa banned it outright, though that ban has since been lifted.
- The film is loosely based on the posthumously published 1986 book of the same name by the writer Anaïs Nin, and tells the story of Nin's relationship with Henry Miller and his wife, June.
