A destitute alcoholic poet navigates love, class divides, and street violence in Los Angeles while rejecting conventional success.
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.
Barbet Schroeder
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