Genet à ChatilaMovie
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.
About Genet à Chatila
Genet à Chatila is a 1999 documentary movie directed by Richard Dindo.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 38m, production credits from Switzerland, France, an original language code of FR.
The credited cast includes Mounia Raoui, Leila Shahid, Jean-François Stévenin. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
