Jean Genet

Jean Genet

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.

  • Title: Jean Genet
  • Popularity: 1.701
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1910-12-19
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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Jean Genet Movies

  • 1970
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    Mayday

    Mayday

    1 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 2023
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    Little Girl Blue

    Little Girl Blue

    6.2 2023 HD

    In 2016, French writer and photographer Carole Achache took her own life. After Carole's death, her daughter Mona Achache, a film director, discovers...

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  • 1970
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    Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy

    Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy

    7 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1972
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    Song of Love

    Song of Love

    7 1972 HD

    Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of...

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  • 2019
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    André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

    André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

    6 2019 HD

    Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plot twist. Politician. General De Gaulle's shadow....

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  • 1950
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    Disorder

    Disorder

    5 1950 HD

    Variations on the cultural and intellectual explosion in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district in 1946.

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  • 1982
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    Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech

    Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1968
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    Chicago

    Chicago

    1 1968 HD

    UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A striking documentary shot cinema verite style of the 1968 Democratic National...

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  • 1970
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    Shiraz 70

    Shiraz 70

    1 1970 HD

    A short documentary about the 4th Shiraz Arts Festival and its series of performances that took place in September 1970.

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  • 1966
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    Mademoiselle

    Mademoiselle

    7.2 1966 HD

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  • 2003
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    Serva e Padrona

    Serva e Padrona

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1972
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    Song of Love

    Song of Love

    7 1972 HD

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  • 1975
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    Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète

    Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1966
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    Deathwatch

    Deathwatch

    4.5 1966 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Maids

    The Maids

    5.4 1975 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    5.2 1963 HD

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  • 1999
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    Genet à Chatila

    Genet à Chatila

    5 1999 HD

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  • 1972
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    Song of Love

    Song of Love

    7 1972 HD

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  • 1993
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    Un boxeur endormi

    Un boxeur endormi

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1993
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    Un boxeur endormi

    Un boxeur endormi

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1981
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    Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1981
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    Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1986
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    Le sphinx

    Le sphinx

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1972
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    Song of Love

    Song of Love

    7 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Song of Love

    Song of Love

    7 1972 HD

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  • 1967
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    Condemned and Possessed

    Condemned and Possessed

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1975
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    Poor Pretty Eddie

    Poor Pretty Eddie

    4.981 1975 HD

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  • 1982
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    Querelle

    Querelle

    6.6 1982 HD

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  • 1975
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    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    8.5 1975 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...

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