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A Song of Love

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Two prisoners in isolation develop an unusual way to communicate.

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Fernando F. Croce Slant Magazine 03/05/2007
4/4
A revolutionary vision of emancipation through sensuality, Un Chant d'Amour is a song of love both universal and eternal. Go to Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 11/02/2006
Silent and wordless, it poetically and delicately recapitulates some of the themes of [Genet's] novels. Go to Full Review Serge Daney Cahiers du Cinéma 10/04/2023
Compared to this silent film, produced in 1950 by the writer Jean Genet and banned for the following twenty-five years, most films with "love" in the title are likely to be seen for what they are: a sham. Go to Full Review Anaïs Nin Los Angeles Free Press 02/04/2020
This is the most unrestrained film I have ever seen, but Genet's vigor, naturalness, and great sense of beauty give it a ritualistic, classical nobility. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/13/2008
B
Curio underground short experimental film about gay life in prisons. Go to Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 06/28/2007
It's a very effective film, and quite lovely at times. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Jean Genet

Director

Java

Actor

Coco LeMartiniquais

Actor

Lucien Senemaud

Actor

Jean Genet

Writer

Nikos Papatakis

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A Song of Love

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Movie Info

Synopsis Two prisoners in isolation develop an unusual way to communicate.
Director
Jean Genet
Producer
Nikos Papatakis
Screenwriter
Jean Genet
Genre
Fantasy, Romance
Runtime
26m
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