Under the benevolent shadow of Jean Genet, buried in Morocco, this film is a dialogue between the living and the dead—an invitation to hold these worlds together, between deaf humanist revolt and poetic elegy.
An anonymous grave in the middle of a cemetery with a view of the sea. We are in Larache, south of Tangier where Jean Genet lived the last ten years of his life—and where he is buried. Today, the writer is a legend to the town residents, though few knew him and rare are those who have read his work. But they all have something to say about him; each has reinvented him in his or her own way. These are simple, poor people, and to be honest, invisible. They are the Moroccan people without a voice and without a future. They resemble the characters in Genet’s books and now keep vigil over his grave. This film is a look back at the great author, a view of a country, a homage to its residents, a dialogue between the living and the dead, an invitation to bring these worlds together, and an example of humanity.