Song of Love

(1972)

★ 7 IMDb · 115 votes

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Year: 1972

Runtime: 26 мин

Country: France

Director: Jean Genet

Cast: Bravo, Jean Genet, Java, Coco Le Martiniquais, Андре Рейбаз, Lucien Sénémaud

Plot

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.

Inmates in a French prison are attempting to fulfill their sexual and emotional needs under the confines of their individual cells. Two inmates in particular, who are in adjacent cells, try to make that connection to the other, both physical and emotional, in whatever way they can. In their current attempt to do so, they are so caught up in the fulfillment they receive of that connection that they fail to notice that a voyeuristic guard has been watching them through the small peep holes in their otherwise solid cell doors. The guard was tipped to the activity by one of the two men trying to pass a bouquet of wild flowers to the other via their barred cell windows. The guard confronts one of the inmates. Although their encounter is primarily violently physical, each man copes with the situation by fantasizing about what is truly in his heart.