Jean Genet

Jean Genet

Born: December 19, 1910
Died: April 15, 1986
in Paris, France
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.

Movies for Jean Genet...

Little Girl Blue
Title: Little Girl Blue
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 1, 2023
Type: Movie
In 2016, French writer and photographer Carole Achache took her own life. After Carole's death, her daughter Mona Achache, a film director, discovers thousands of photos, letters and recordings that Carole left behind, but these buried secrets make her disappearance even more of an enigma. Through the power of filmmaking and the beauty of incarnation with the help of actress Marion Cotillard, the director brings her mother back to life to retrace her journey and find out who she really was.
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André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Title: André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Character: Self - Writer (archive footage)
Released: October 2, 2019
Type: Movie
Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plot twist. Politician. General De Gaulle's shadow. Overwhelmed by the weight of power. The numerous exploits of André Malraux (1901-1976).
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Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
Title: Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
Character: Self
Released: April 4, 1982
Type: Movie
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Title: Apostrophes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 10, 1975
Type: TV
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
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Mayday
Title: Mayday
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1970
Type: Movie
In the spring of 1970, thousands of protesters descended on New Haven to demonstrate against the trial of Black Panther members for the murder of suspected FBI informant Alex Rackley. Led by radical luminaries Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Tom Hayden, the demonstrators converged on the New Haven Green to vent their anger and shut Yale down. Yale President Kingman Brewster commissioned a small group of Yale students to document the demonstrations, resulting in this 22-minute black-and-white film.
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Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
Title: Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
Character: Self
Released: March 27, 1970
Type: Movie
In the aftermath of the arrest of Angela Davis, Jean Genet reads a text denouncing racist US policy, supporting the Black Panthers party and Angela Davis for a television show that will be completely censored.
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Song of Love
Title: Song of Love
Character: Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
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.
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Disorder
Title: Disorder
Character: Self
Released: December 2, 1950
Type: Movie
Variations on the cultural and intellectual explosion in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district in 1946.