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The Smell of Us

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Self-destructive teens go skateboarding, use drugs and turn tricks in Paris.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2015-01-14

Runtime: 92 mins

Director: Larry Clark

Spoken language: 日本語, Français, English

Genres: Drama

Original title: The Smell of Us

Production Companies: Polyester, Polaris Film Productions, Morgane Production

Production Countries: France

Cast

Math

Lukas Ionesco

Marie

Diane Rouxel

Pacman

Théo Cholbi

Hugo Behar-Thinieres

Rayan Ben Yaiche

Adrien Binh Doan

Maxime Terin

Valentin Charles

Niseema Theillaud

Dominique Frot

Philippe Rigot

Valérie Maës

Jean-Christophe Quenon

Rockstar

Larry Clark

Reviews

Okegesan

The dirty old man hanging out with all those oversexed Paris teenagers in "The Smell of Us" is none other than the voyeuristic pic’s director, Larry Clark. Usually, he’s the one behind the camera, but in what amounts to a French "Kids," Clark can be seen passed out in the opening scene, spilled across the steps of the Palais de Tokyo as skaters swarm around him. Nearly 20 years have passed since Clark’s debut stunned the world — and 30 more since the first photos in his provocative "Tulsa" book were taken – yet his focus remains, as the song says, forever young. Somehow, the fact that these are French kids makes the film seem less likely to shock the world, even though the kinks are far more explicit here than anything but “Ken Park” — not that Clark is any stranger to the NC-17 rating, the relevance of which he handily undercuts, simply by reminding that in the Internet era, minors can see (and do) far worse online.

2015-06-10

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