A Song of Love (1950)
- Original title
- Un chant d’amour
- Directed by
- Jean Genet
- Genre
- silent film, experimental film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 26 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 111 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A silent 1950 French film tells a story about a prisoner and a guard who share a forbidden attraction. Through poetic imagery and gestures it explores desire and loneliness within a repressive setting.
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What happens
Un chant d'amour (French pronunciation: [œ̃ ʃɑ̃ damuʁ]; English: A Song of Love) is French writer Jean Genet's only film, which he directed in 1950. Because of its explicit (though artistically presented) homosexual content, the 26-minute movie was long banned. The film first screened publicly in 1954 with the sexually explicit scenes expurgated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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