Genet à Chatila

Genet à Chatila

1999
1h 38m
5.0

5.0/10

2 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Les Films d'Ici Lea Produktion
Production Countries
Switzerland France
Spoken Languages
French

Quick Facts

Release Date November 24, 1999
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0210700

Cast

Mounia Raoui
Mounia Raoui

Mounia

Leila Shahid
Leila Shahid

Self

Jean-François Stévenin
Jean-François Stévenin

Narrator (voice)

Key Crew

Richard Dindo
Writer
Jean Genet
Writer
Richard Dindo
Director
Richard Copans
Producer
Yves Jeanneau
Producer
Serge Lalou
Producer

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