Factotum is a 2005 film directed by Bent Hamer, adapted from the novel of the same name by Charles Bukowski. The script also makes use of poems published in What Matters Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire and The Days Run Aways Like Horses Over the Hill as well as some of Bukowski's notebook entries published in The Captain Is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship. For example, Matt Dillon reads the poem "Roll The Dice" in a voiceover at the end of the film. The film is principally a French-Norwegian co-production, although with an American cast. It was released in Norway... in 2005 and distributed in the U.S. by IFC Films in 2006. It was released on DVD in the U.S. on 26 December 2006. Bukowski's book, which is also titled Factotum, was published in 1975. The book centers on the character of Henry Chinaski, who is widely known to be Bukowski’s alter ego. In the film, Chinaski is working toward becoming a writer and follows his own advice that "If you're going to try, go all the way." The film follows Chinaski's various jobs and relationships with women.
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| Release date: | April 12, 2005 |
| Directed by: | Bent Hamer |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 94 Minutes |
| Producer: | Bent Hamer, Jim Stark |
| Editor: | Pal Gengenbach |
| Music by: | Kristin Asbjørnsen |
| Cinematography: | John Christian Rosenlund |
| Screenplay by: | Bent Hamer, Jim Stark |
| Adapted from: | Factotum |
| Genre: | Comedy, Biography |