Un Chant d'Amour (1950)

Film details

Featuring

Lucien Sénemaud Java Coco Le Martiniquais
Director

Jean Genet
Country

France
Year

1950
Genre

Artists' Moving Image
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

A Song of Love Alternative

Synopsis

A study of prison life and male sexuality under these conditions. An experimental film focusing on a prison wing housing convicted murderers in solitary confinement, and specifically centring on the guard's victimisation of one prisoner. It includes images of the homosexual fantasies of the guard and prisoner, as well as more straightforward depictions of prison conditions and the prisoner's sexual misery.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - younger convict
    
    Lucien Sénemaud (uncredited)
  - whose hand swings the blossom
    
    Java (uncredited)
  - dancing African prisoner
    
    Coco Le Martiniquais (uncredited)
  - stand-in
    
    André Reybaz (uncredited)
Credits
- Direction:
  - [Directed] By
    
    Jean Genet
  Production:
  - Producer
    
    Nico Papatakis (uncredited)
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Jean Genet (uncredited)
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Jacques Natteau (uncredited)
  Editing:
  - Supervising Editor
    
    Jean Genet (uncredited)

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Photography:

Editing:

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