Jean Genet

19.12.1910, Paris - 15.04.1986, Paris

 

Director

Jean Genet (Paris, December 19, 1910 – Paris, April 15, 1986) was a French writer, playwright and political activist and one of the prominent representatives of modern French literature.

In his youth, he worked as a petty criminal, and later he dedicated his life to writing and, as a novelist, he managed to present often obscene and erotic themes as a poetic view of the world. As a playwright, he became one of the leading figures of the avant-garde theater and the theater of the absurd.

His most significant works are the novels Querelle de Brest, Journal du voleur and Our Lady of Flowers, Balcony, Blacks, Clownery, Maids and Screens.

Filmography


Films by this director

A song of love

(Un chant d'amour, France, 1950)

Directed by: Jean Genet
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jacques Natteau, Jean Cocteau
Synopsis:

Dvojica zatvorenika u potpunoj izolaciji, odvojeni debelim zidovima od opeke, kojima je očajnički potreban ljudski kontakt, smišljaju najneobičniju vrstu komunikacije. Jedini film pisca Jeana Geneta. Film je izazvao brojne kontroverze, čak i na sudu u američkoj oblasti Alameda opisan je kao ''jeftina pornografija proračunata da promovira homoseksualnost, perverzije i prakse morbidnog seksa''.

b/w, 26'
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