Screenplay: Jean Genet

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Jean Genet. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Mademoiselle

1966 · Movie · 105 min. · France

Direction Tony Richardson

Cast Jeanne Moreau · Ettore Manni · Keith Skinner · Umberto Orsini

Plot In a French village, Manou is an Italian logger, virile, with a broad laugh. He can't say no to women's sexual invitations, and jealous villagers blame him for recent fires...

7.0

219 votes

7.0

219 votes

Querelle

1982 · Movie · 120 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast Brad Davis · Franco Nero · Jeanne Moreau · Laurent Malet

Plot French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane. Here, you can play...

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes

The Balcony

1963 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Strick

Cast Shelley Winters · Peter Falk · Lee Grant · Peter Brocco

Plot The denizens of a sordid brothel become embroiled in a bloody coup in this arty political satire adapted from the Jean Genet play. Shelley Winters stars as the cathouse's madam,...

5.5

47 votes

5.5

47 votes

Deathwatch

1966 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Vic Morrow

Cast Leonard Nimoy · Michael Forest · Paul Mazursky · Robert Ellenstein

Plot A small-time thief battles with his gay cellmate over a third illiterate, muscular convict.

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Les équilibristes

1991 · Movie · 120 min. · France

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The Maids

1975 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Christopher Miles

Cast Glenda Jackson · Susannah York · Vivien Merchant · Mark Burns

Plot Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they are out, take turns at dressing up as Madame and insulting her.

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Cuatro horas en Chatila (S)

2005 · Documentary · 23 min. · Spain

Direction Carlos Lapeña

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Saint, martyr et poète (TV)

1975 · Documentary · 56 min. · France

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Genet à Chatila

1999 · Documentary · 98 min. · France

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Poor Pretty Eddie

1975 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Richard Robinson · David Worth

Cast Leslie Uggams · Shelley Winters · Michael Christian · Ted Cassidy

Plot A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by a faded starlet and a young, homicidal Elvis impersonator.

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