The Sun Assassinated

The Sun Assassinated

2004
1h 25m
5.0

5.0/10

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Overview

The poet Jean Sénac, also a radio host, chose to stay in Algeria after his country's independence in 1962. Ten years later, a protester and libertarian, he was monitored by the regime's police. His poems attract a popular audience and his show is a real success with young people. Also, when Hamid and Belkacem, two students, learn that the play they wrote and presented at the first national Algerian theater festival is downgraded under the pretext that they performed it in French, their pain will be alleviated by the presence behind the scenes by Jean Sénac who congratulates them. The latter will become close friends of the poet and witness his fight for the freedom and culture of Algerian youth. A fight which would lead Sénac to martyrdom: one night in August 1973, he was assassinated in the cellar which served as his apartment. Hamid is accused of the murder.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Countries
Algeria Belgium France Tunisia
Spoken Languages
Arabic French

Quick Facts

Original Title Le Soleil Assassiné
Release Date August 18, 2004
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0348874

Cast

Charles Berling
Charles Berling

Jean Sénac

Ouassini Embarek
Ouassini Embarek

Belkacem

Mehdi Dehbi
Mehdi Dehbi

Hamid

Lotfi Abdelli
Lotfi Abdelli

Zine

Abbes Zahmani
Abbes Zahmani

Othmane

Alexis Loret
Alexis Loret

Belkacem

Julia Maraval
Julia Maraval

Keltoum

Clotilde de Bayser
Clotilde de Bayser

Nathalie

Jean Sénac
Jean Sénac

(relative character)

Key Crew

Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Producer
Luc Dardenne
Producer
Abdelkrim Bahloul
Director
Martine De Clermont-Tonnerre
Producer
Abdelkrim Bahloul
Writer
Charlotte Guigue
Writer
Jean-Pierre Péroncel-Hugoz
Writer

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