Genet à Chatila

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Mounia Raoui

Mounia

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Leila Shahid

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jean-François Stévenin

Narrator (voice)

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Richard Dindo
Writing	Writer	Richard Dindo Jean Genet
Editing	Editor	Richard Dindo Rainer Trinkler
Production	Producer	Richard Copans Serge Lalou Yves Jeanneau
Sound	Sound	Henri Maïkoff
Camera	Director of Photography	Ned Burgess
Department	Role	Name

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