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Un chant d'amour [A Song of Love] (Jean Genet, 1950)

Jan

30

National Escape Day

Un chant d'amour (1950)

From one prison window to another, a bunch of flowers swings towards a grasping hand. DP: Jacques Natteau.

An escape of sorts, in love and lust.

“He puts his cheek to the wall. With a kiss he licks the vertical surface and the greedy plaster sucks in his saliva. Then a shower of kisses.”

– Jean Genet, Notre-Dame des Fleurs (1942/43)