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Synopsis

The discovery of an illicit love affair leads two young Angelenos on a violent, sexually charged tour through the dark side of human nature.

Year2013
CountryUnited States
Cinematic DNA
Paul Schrader, director of 'The Canyons', stated: 'What if you went back to the late ’60s/early ’70s European sex film, like Bertolucci’s Last Tango In Paris... or those films where you have these upper-class people in a beautiful apartment, and they’re bored, and they have sex and drugs, and they play games?' in describing an aesthetic influence for 'The Canyons'.
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