Jean Genet

Writing

Jean Genet

Born December 19, 1910 · Paris, France

Died April 15, 1986 · aged 75

Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later took to writing. His major works include the novels The Thief's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers, and the plays The Balcony, The Maids and The Screens.

Known For

QuerelleQuerelle · 1982
Querelle
★ 6.61982
MovieRomanceCrime
French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane. Here, you can play dice with Nono, Lysiane's husband: if you win, you are allowed to make love with Lysiane; if you lose, you have to make love with Nono... Querelle loses on purpose.
Poor Pretty EddiePoor Pretty Eddie · 1975
Poor Pretty Eddie
★ 5.21975
MovieHorrorDrama
A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by a faded starlet and a cocksure, volatile country singer.
Le sphinxLe sphinx · 1986
Le sphinx
★ 7.01986
MovieDocumentary
Fragments of a text by Jean Genet – “Four Hours in Chatila” – are illustrated by summer images of a park in Brussels. The contrast between what is seen and what is said attempts to stop, to break the flow of information which tends to neutralize horror.
Les BonnesLes Bonnes · 1985
Les Bonnes
1985
Movie
Song of LoveSong of Love · 1972
Song of Love
★ 7.01972
MovieDramaFantasy
Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication.
The BalconyThe Balcony · 1963
The Balcony
★ 5.21963
MovieDramaComedy
The Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation.
MademoiselleMademoiselle · 1966
Mademoiselle
★ 7.01966
MovieDrama
A sexually repressed school teacher releases her pent up passions in a series of shocking crimes.
Genet à ChatilaGenet à Chatila · 1999
Genet à Chatila
★ 6.71999
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about the French writer Jean Genet and his relations with the Palestinian revolution. One day after the September 1982 massacre at the refugee camp of Shatila in Beirut, Genet visits the camp. Suffering from throat cancer and having written nothing in years, Genet begins to write on the threshold of his death about this disturbing new experience. It leads to his last book, entitled “Un captif amoureux” in which Genet reflects on the Palestinian revolution, its defeat, and the loss of one’s homeland. In this film a young French woman of Algerian origin who is reading the book returns to the landscapes of the Palestinian resistance and the refugee camps full of exiles, in search of Genet.

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