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Silent and wordless, it poetically and delicately recapitulates some of the themes of [Genet's] novels.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Overview
Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication.
Director and cast
- Jean Genet Director
- Javan as Hand swinging the blossom
- Bravo as Older Prisoner (uncredited)
- Coco Le Martiniquais as Second dancing prisoner
- Jean Genet as Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)
- Lucien Sénémaud as Younger convict
- Java as Nude Prisoner / Hand Swinging the Blossom (uncredited)
- André Reybaz as Guard (uncredited)
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