Henry Miller, a writer from New York whose money has run out, lives in Paris on the generosity of American friends who give him food and a space to sleep. In the UK the film was refused an 'X' certificate by the BBFC. The novel had provided a test for American laws on pornography and the film was rated X in the United States, which was later changed to an NC-17 rating in 1992. Filming took place on location in Paris, produced by Joseph Strick with some help from the author, whose persona was portrayed by Rip Torn and his wife Mona by Ellen Burstyn. Though the book came out in 1934, the film is set in the late 1960s when Paris, while little changed visually, was a very different place. Strick had previously adapted other controversial works of literature – Jean Genet's The Balcony and James Joyce's Ulysses. The film was released on February 27, 1970, by Paramount Pictures. Callahan, David Baur, Laurence Lignères, Phil Brown and Dominique Delpierre. It is based on Henry Miller's 1934 autobiographical novel Tropic of Cancer. Tropic of Cancer is a 1970 American drama film directed by Joseph Strick and written by Betty Botley and Joseph Strick.
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