Portnoy's Complaint
Some book. Some movie.
Film19721h 41m
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- Director
- Ernest Lehman
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1972-06-19
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
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During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.
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