Henry & June

About Henry & June

While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.

Henry & June is a 1990 romance film directed by Philip Kaufman. Its themes are polyamory, bohemian, writer, and 1930s.

Fred Ward takes the lead as Henry Miller, Uma Thurman as June Miller, Maria de Medeiros as Anais Nin, and Richard E. Grant as Hugo Guiler. It runs 136 minutes and was released in September 1990.

The screenplay is by Philip Kaufman and Rose Kaufman.

Moulin Rouge!, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and The Dreamers make useful companions to Henry & June. TMDB voters put it at 6.1 out of 10 across 240 votes and it carries a NC-17 rating.