Genet à Chatila 24 years old

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.

Credits

Genet à Chatila Cast

Name	Character
Jean-François Stévenin He was 55, now 80 years old
Mounia Raoui

Genet à Chatila Crew

Name	Department
Serge Lalou as Producer.	Production
Jean Genet as Writer. He was 88 (75) years old when He died	Writing
Richard Copans as Producer. He was 51 (now 76) years old	Production
Henri Maïkoff as Sound.	Sound
Richard Dindo as Director. He was 55 (now 79) years old	Directing
Richard Dindo as Editor. He was 55 (now 79) years old	Editing
Richard Dindo as Writer. He was 55 (now 79) years old	Writing