Writer
1910 - 1986
Jean Genet
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... Read full bio →
Un chant d'amour
Jean Genet
1972
26m
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.
Mademoiselle
Tony Richardson
1966
1h 45m
A sexually repressed school teacher releases her pent up passions in a series of shocking crimes.
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