Journey Into a Secret Life

An imaginary biography of Jean Genet, poet and high priest of evil. "Revolt is something I allow myself", said Jean Genet in 1975. Born in Paris in 1910, raised and humiliated in an approved school, a pederast and thief who has been to prison 14 times and expelled from five European countries. His novels are ballads of poisonous beauty, his plays are murky rituals of oppression where each person acts out the role imposed upon him by the others.

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One Summer Night

One Summer Night

2016

Get Your Stuff

Get Your Stuff

2000

Broadway Damage

Broadway Damage

1997

Moffie

Moffie

2020

Rialto

Rialto

2020

Mary Forever

Mary Forever

1989

Three Months

Three Months

2022

The Yearning

The Yearning

2024

In a Year with 13 Moons

In a Year with 13 Moons

1978

Ode to Billy Joe

Ode to Billy Joe

1976

Sebastiane

Sebastiane

1976

Fox and His Friends

Fox and His Friends

1975

Priest

Priest

1995

Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons

2010

Querelle

Querelle

1982

Pixote

Pixote

1980

Swan Song

Swan Song

2021

A Special Day

A Special Day

1977

Brutal Heat

Brutal Heat

2023

Westler

Westler

1985