The Sun Assassinated

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Charles Berling

Jean Sénac

Age : 66 | Popularity : 10%

Mehdi Dehbi

Hamid

Age : 38 | Popularity : 17%

Alexis Loret

Belkacem

Age : 49 | Popularity : 4%

Abbes Zahmani

Othmane

Age : 63 | Popularity : 5%

Julia Maraval

Keltoum

Age : 43 | Popularity : 8%

Clotilde de Bayser

Nathalie

Age : 60 | Popularity : 6%

Ouassini Embarek

Belkacem

Age : 43 | Popularity : 5%

Lotfi Abdelli

Zine

Age : 54 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Abdelkrim Bahloul
Production	Producer	Martine De Clermont-Tonnerre Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne
Camera	Director of Photography	Charles Van Damme
Writing	Writer	Abdelkrim Bahloul Charlotte Guigue Jean-Pierre Péroncel-Hugoz
Editing	Editor	Pierre Didier Jacques Witta
Art	Production Design	Bruno Beaugé Taoufik Behi
Department	Role	Name

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