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Naked Lunch
🎬 Movie

Naked Lunch

1991 · 115 min Crime Drama
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The director bets on details: a gesture, a glance, a pause. In a good drama this is what says the most — and that principle is upheld here.

Worth watching if you're in the mood for serious cinema. Not background viewing — it demands attention.

For viewers who can watch slow cinema and value the human element in stories.

Director: David Cronenberg

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: In quiet, in the evening. Better alone or with someone who watches films seriously.

🎭 Cast

Peter Weller

Peter Weller

Bill Lee

Judy Davis

Judy Davis

Joan Frost

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Tom Frost

Julian Sands

Julian Sands

Yves Cloquet

Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

Dr. Benway

Monique Mercure

Monique Mercure

Fadela

Nicholas Campbell

Nicholas Campbell

Hank

Michael Zelniker

Michael Zelniker

Martin

Robert A. Silverman

Robert A. Silverman

Hans

Joseph Scoren

Joseph Scoren

Kiki

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