Genet in Chatila ( Genet à Chatila )

Genet in Chatila (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Genet à Chatila
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 2000 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Richard Dindo

Written By:
Richard Dindo
Jean Genet

Actors:
Mounia Raoui ..... Récitant / Narrator
Leila Shahid
Jean-François Stévenin

Synopsis:

For many Palestinians, the year 1982 was the start of an on-going nightmare. In September of that year, the Palestinian camps Sabra and Chatila were invaded by Phalangists and many people were brutally murdered. In that period, the French writer Jean Genet (1910-1986) stayed in Beirut, close to the camps. After the massacre, he spent four hours in Chatila and what he saw and heard there left an indelible impression on him. More than a year later, he started work on a new book, after not having written anything in twenty years. Un captif amoureux, in which Genet describes his experiences with the Palestinians and their struggle for freedom, would be his final book; while correcting the proofs, the author died of cancer. In this film, actress Mounia follows Genet in his footsteps, thereby reconstructing an important episode from his life.

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 23 April, 2012.