The Balcony
Summary:
The denizens of a sordid brothel become embroiled in a bloody coup in this arty political satire adapted from the Jean Genet play. Shelley Winters stars as the cathouse's madam, a stern woman who supervises the fantasy role-playing of her beautiful employees and their well-heeled customers, including the local police chief (Peter Falk). As various whores and their johns dress... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Shelley Winters - (Madam Irma)
Peter Falk - (Police Chief)
Lee Grant - (Car-man)
Peter Brocco - (Judge)
Jeff Corey - (Bishop)
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Review:
Jean Genet's oeuvre isn't meant to entertain or even engage on the level that most fiction does. More provocation than anything else, the French dissident's writing encompasses a long series of attacks on political corruption, bourgeois moralism, and the humdrum aesthetics of the cultural status quo. Even more so than his novels, Genet's play... Continue >>
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