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Beat Generation

92

Audience

55m

Documentary

Starring Simon Backès · Damien Boisseau · Éric Herson-Macarel

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Tells the story of the wonderful and long-lasting friendship between Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs that gave birth to the Beat Generation movement.

Director

Xavier Villetard

Studio

CPB Films

Original Language

French

Keywords

freedom of speech anti conformity sexual freedom counter-culture male camaraderie beat generation transgression camaraderie artistic risk artistic couple artistic legacy artistic freedom counterculture generational divide

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William S. Burroughs (voice)

Damien Boisseau

Allen Ginsberg (voice)

Éric Herson-Macarel

Jack Kerouac (voice)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

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