The Smell of Us (2014)

Director
Larry Clark

Main cast
Lukas Ionesco; Diane Rouxel; Théo Cholbi; Hugo Behar-Thinieres; Rayan Ben Yaiche

Genres
Foreign, Drama

Description
A crotch-whiffing, armpit-sniffing addition to Larry Clark's skater-focused oeuvre, this Paris-based pic plays like a French 'Kids.'


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